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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 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..

Dresser :: Dresser (v. t.) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use..

Char-a-bancs :: Char-a-bancs (n.) A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise..

Alebench :: Alebench (n.) A bench in or before an alehouse.

Bench :: Bench (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench..

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.

Benches :: Benches (pl. ) of Benc.

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..

Exigenter :: Exigenter (n.) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished.

Disbench :: Disbench (v. t.) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.

Church-bench :: Church-bench (n.) A seat in the porch of a church.

Thranite :: Thranite (n.) One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme.

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..

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:: Protonotary (n.) Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master..

Bench :: Bench (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.

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.

Bank :: Bank (n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.

Workbench :: Workbench (n.) A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop..

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..

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