Bench
Bench the office of a judge or magistrate, from the bench as a judge's seat in a law court (recorded in this sense from Middle English); from this comes the expression raised to the Bench, meaning, elevated to the dignity of a judge. The term Bench and Bar is used for judges and barristers collectively.
bencher in the UK, a senior member of any of the Inns of Court, who form for each Inn a self-elective body, managing its affairs, and traditionally possessed the privilege of ‘calling to the bar’.
bencher in the UK, a senior member of any of the Inns of Court, who form for each Inn a self-elective body, managing its affairs, and traditionally possessed the privilege of ‘calling to the bar’.
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