sitting en banc

  • 1sitting en banc — sitting in bank or en banc A session of the court in which all judges or at least a quorum of judges sit and hear cases. Under current practice, the term is reserved almost exclusively for appellate courts and in this connection it is contrasted… …

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  • 2sitting in bank or en banc — A session of the court in which all judges or at least a quorum of judges sit and hear cases. Under current practice, the term is reserved almost exclusively for appellate courts and in this connection it is contrasted with single justice sitting …

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  • 3sitting in bank — or en banc A session of the court in which all judges or at least a quorum of judges sit and hear cases. Under current practice, the term is reserved almost exclusively for appellate courts and in this connection it is contrasted with single… …

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  • 4banc — /baegk/bagk/ Bench; the place where a court permanently or regularly sits; the seat of judgment; as, bane le roy, the king s bench; bane le common pleas, the bench of common pleas. The full bench, full court. A sitting en banc is a meeting of all …

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  • 5banc — /baegk/bagk/ Bench; the place where a court permanently or regularly sits; the seat of judgment; as, bane le roy, the king s bench; bane le common pleas, the bench of common pleas. The full bench, full court. A sitting en banc is a meeting of all …

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  • 6banc — n. Phrases and idioms: in banc Law sitting as a full court. Etymology: AF (= bench) f. med.L (as BANK(2)) …

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  • 7en banc — also in banc also in bank /in baŋk, ä bä k/ adv or adj [Anglo French en banke, literally, on the bench]: with all judges or a quorum of judges present: in full court an en banc rehearing heard very few matters en banc H. B. Zobel Merriam Webster’ …

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  • 8en banc — /an bank/on bonk/ L. Fr. In the bench. Full bench. Refers to a session where the entire membership of the court will participate in the decision rather than the regular quorum. In other countries, it is common for a court to have more members… …

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  • 9en banc — /an bank/on bonk/ L. Fr. In the bench. Full bench. Refers to a session where the entire membership of the court will participate in the decision rather than the regular quorum. In other countries, it is common for a court to have more members… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 10Court in banc — Court Court (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co + a root akin to Gr. chorto s inclosure, feeding place, and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English