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

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..

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:: Protonotary (n.) Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master..

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.

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

Settle :: Settle (n.) A bench; especially, a bench with a high back..

Divan :: Divan (n.) A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room..

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.

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

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

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

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

Siege :: Siege (n.) A workman's bench.

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) A member of a court or council.

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

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.

Bench :: Bench (v. t.) To furnish with benches.

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.

Banker :: Banker (n.) The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.

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