Definition of bench

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

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Groundling :: Groundling (n.) A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured..
Benches :: Benches (pl. ) of Benc.
Tribune :: Tribune (n.) Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court..
Benched :: Benched (imp. & p. p.) of Benc.
Beakiron :: Beakiron (n.) A bickern; a bench anvil with a long beak, adapted to reach the interior surface of sheet metal ware; the horn of an anvil..
Workbench :: Workbench (n.) A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop..
Crown Office :: Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases..
Bench :: Bench (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc..
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..
Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
Stall :: Stall (v. i.) In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc..
Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master..
Settle :: Settle (n.) A bench; especially, a bench with a high back..
Bench :: Bench (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.
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..
Church-bench :: Church-bench (n.) A seat in the porch of a church.
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