bench

bench
bench n
1: the place where a judge sits in court
asked counsel to approach the bench compare bar 1a, dock, jury box, sidebar, stand
2: the court or system of courts serving an area
the state bench
the federal bench
3 a: the office of a judge
appointed to the bench
b: the body of persons who hold positions as judges
members of the bench and bar compare bar 2a
c: a judge or panel of judges hearing a case
unless the lawyer is responding to a question from the bench — R. H. Bork

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

bench
I noun bar, bar of justice, board, cabinet, chamber, circuit, council, court, court of justice, court of law, forum, forum of justice, judge, judgment seat, judicatory, judicature, judicial assembly, judicial forum, judicial tribunal, judiciary, judicium, justice, justice seat, law court, legal administration, magistracy, magistrate, magistrature, open court, panel of judges, privy council, seat of judgment, seat of justice, tribunal associated concepts: at the bench, bench docket, bench notes, bench warrant II index bar (court), chamber (body), court, judicatory, judicature, judiciary, tribunal

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


bench
n.
(1) A court; the seat a judge occupies in a courtroom; the office of judge.
(2) The collective body of judges.
See also bar

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


bench
The desk and seat (usually a chair rather than an actual bench) where a judge sits in the courtroom. Sometimes the word "bench" is used in place of the word "judge" — for example, a party to a lawsuit might ask for a bench trial, meaning a trial by a judge without a jury. And lawyers in a trial sometimes "approach the bench," meaning they step up to speak to the judge.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


bench
n.
1 Judges collectively or of a particular court.
See also bar.
2 The area in the courtroom where the judge sits.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


bench
A forum of justice comprised of the judge or judges of a court. The seat of the court occupied by the judges.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


bench
I
A forum of justice comprised of the judge or judges of a court. The seat of the court occupied by the judges.
 II The seat occupied by the judge. More broadly, the court itself.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

bench
n.
   1) general term for all judges, as in "the bench," or for the particular judge or panel of judges, as in an order coming from the "bench."
   2) the large, usually long and wide desk raised above the level of the rest of the courtroom, at which the judge or panel of judges sit.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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  • Bench — Bench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benching}.] 1. To furnish with benches. [1913 Webster] T was benched with turf. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Stately theaters benched crescentwise. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To place on a bench… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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