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Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..

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..

Quinquereme :: Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme..

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..

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) An alderman of a corporation.

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

Groundling :: Groundling (n.) A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches..

Bink :: Bink (n.) A bench.

Tribunal :: Tribunal (n.) The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.

Stool :: Stool (n.) A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool..

Bench :: Bench (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length..

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..

Benches :: Benches (pl. ) of Benc.

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.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench..

Benching :: Benching (p. pr. & vb. n.) 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..

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

Imbenching :: Imbenching (n.) A raised work like a bench.

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..

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