Bench

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• Bench

  ·vt To furnish with benches. II. Bench ·vi To sit on a seat of justice. III. Bench ·noun The seat ...

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• Bench mark

  ·add. ·- Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. Specif. : A horizontal mark at th...

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• Bench warrant

  ·- A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or ...

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• Church-bench

  ·noun A seat in the porch of a church. ...

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• King's Bench

  ·- Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; — so called because the king used to sit t...

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• Free-Bench

  In the will of Anketin de Betteville occurs the expression "saving to Matilda his wife her free benc...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• King's Bench

  See Prisons. ...

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• willow-bench

  a share of a husband's estate, enjoyed by widows in Sussex, over and above their jointure ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• King's Bench Office

  At the southern end of King's Bench Walk, Temple (Strype, 1720, Horwood, 1799). See King's Bench Wa...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• King's Bench Walk

  On the north side of the Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). First mentio...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.