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Warrant
·noun Right; legality; allowance. II. Warrant ·noun That which attests or proves; a voucher. III. ...

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warrant
A writ of authority, inferior to a commission; in former days it was the name given to the deed conf...

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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
Deck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (27:6) as overlaid with box-wood. ...

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warrant-officer
Generally one holding his situation from particular boards, or persons authorized by the sovereign t...

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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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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...

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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 ...

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brown-paper warrant
See warrant. ...

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

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King's Bench Walk
On the north side of the Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). First mentio...

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