Bench (law)
metonym
to mean all the judges of a certain court or members of a judiciary.
Bench used in a
barristers, who are referred to as "the bar". The phrase "bench and bar" denotes all judges and lawyers collectively.[2] The term "full bench" is used when all the judges of a certain court sit together to hear a case, as in the phrase "before the full bench", which is also referred to as en banc.[3]
The historical roots of the term come from judges formerly having sat on long seats or
Order of St. John in Malta, such as at the Castellania, where judges and the nominated College of Advocates sat for court cases and review laws.[4]
See also
References
- ^ In Italy, in the law on the conflict between powers, the ordinance drawn by the judge at the bench (...) is the legal system's response to the suffered invasion of his range of power: Buonomo, Giampiero (2005). "La Consulta apre alla libertà delle forme e ascolta i giudici che sostituiscono l'ordinanza al ricorso". Diritto&Giustizia Edizione Online. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-866110-X.
- ISBN 0-314-76271-X.
- ^ Harding, Hugh W. (1950). "Advocates Under the Code de Rohan and the Present Law" (PDF). Scientia. 3 (2): 121. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2017.
