Article VI.

Section 6. General and special term; circuits; oyer and terminer

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General and special term; circuits; oyer and terminer

General and special term; circuits; oyer and terminer

Provision may be made, by law, for designating, from time to time, one or more of the said justices, who is not a judge of the court of appeals, to preside at the general terms of the said court, to be held in the several districts. Any three or more of the said justices, of whom one of the said justices so designated shall always be one, may hold such general terms. Any one or more of the justices may hold special terms, and circuit courts, and any one of them may preside in courts of oyer and terminer in any county.