Definition of bench

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Bench (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.

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Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..
Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.
Benched :: Benched (imp. & p. p.) of Benc.
Bench :: Bench (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench..
Stool :: Stool (n.) A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool..
Bench Warrant :: Bench warrant () A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant..
Bink :: Bink (n.) A bench.
Bencher :: Bencher (n.) A member of a court or council.
King''s Bench :: King's Bench () Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created by that legislation..
Bench :: Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river..
Bench :: Bench (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.
Siege :: Siege (n.) A workman's bench.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission..
Benches :: Benches (pl. ) of Benc.
Shopboard :: Shopboard (n.) A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench.
Drawbench :: Drawbench (n.) A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench..
Tribunal :: Tribunal (n.) The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor..
Bench :: Bench (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
Thranite :: Thranite (n.) One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.
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