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Bencher
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BencherEnglish law. A bencher is a senior in the inns of court, entrusted with their government and direction.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Bencher
English law. A bencher is a senior in the inns of court, entrusted with their government and direction.
Senior
The elder. This addition is sometimes made to a man's name, when two persons bear the same, in order to distinguish them. In practice when nothing is mentioned, the senior is intended.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
Direction
1) The order and government of an institution; the persons who compose the board of directors are jointly called the direction. 2) Practice. That part of a bill in chancery which contains the address of the bill to the court.
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Bench
The large, usually long and wide desk raised above the level of the rest of the courtroom, at which the judge or panel of judges sit.
Bench trial
(Also known as court trial.) Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
Bench warrant
Criminal law. The name of a process sometimes given to an attachment issued by order of a criminal court, against an individual for some contempt, or for the purpose of arresting a person accused.
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Belong
In statutes referring to inhabitancy, the poor, etc., designates the place of a person's legal settlement, not merely his place of residence.
Below
Lower in place, beneath, not so high as some other thing spoken of, of tacitly referred to.
Bench
The large, usually long and wide desk raised above the level of the rest of the courtroom, at which the judge or panel of judges sit.
Bench trial
(Also known as court trial.) Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
Bench warrant
Criminal law. The name of a process sometimes given to an attachment issued by order of a criminal court, against an individual for some contempt, or for the purpose of arresting a person accused.
Bencher
Benefice
Ecclesiastical law. In its most extended sense, any ecclesiastical preferment or dignity.
Beneficial
Of advantage, profit or interest; as the wife has a beneficial interest in property held by a trustee for her.
Beneficial interest
The right of a party to some profit, distribution, or benefit from a contract or trust. A beneficial interest is distinguished from the rights of someone like a trustee or official who has responsibility to perform and/or title to the assets but does not share in the benefits.
Beneficial owner
A term usually referring to the registered shipowner, but which may also designate another party having the equitable ownership of the vessel where it is operated under the cloak of a trust.
Beneficiaries
Aliens on whose behalf a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or employer have filed a petition for such aliens to receive immigration benefits from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Beneficiaries generally receive a lawful status as a result of their relationship to a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or U.S. employer.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Bencher
English law. A bencher is a senior in the inns of court, entrusted with their government and direction.
Senior
The elder. This addition is sometimes made to a man's name, when two persons bear the same, in order to distinguish them. In practice when nothing is mentioned, the senior is intended.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
Direction
1) The order and government of an institution; the persons who compose the board of directors are jointly called the direction. 2) Practice. That part of a bill in chancery which contains the address of the bill to the court.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Bench
The large, usually long and wide desk raised above the level of the rest of the courtroom, at which the judge or panel of judges sit.
Bench trial
(Also known as court trial.) Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
Bench warrant
Criminal law. The name of a process sometimes given to an attachment issued by order of a criminal court, against an individual for some contempt, or for the purpose of arresting a person accused.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Belong
In statutes referring to inhabitancy, the poor, etc., designates the place of a person's legal settlement, not merely his place of residence.
Below
Lower in place, beneath, not so high as some other thing spoken of, of tacitly referred to.
Bench
The large, usually long and wide desk raised above the level of the rest of the courtroom, at which the judge or panel of judges sit.
Bench trial
(Also known as court trial.) Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
Bench warrant
Criminal law. The name of a process sometimes given to an attachment issued by order of a criminal court, against an individual for some contempt, or for the purpose of arresting a person accused.
Bencher
Benefice
Ecclesiastical law. In its most extended sense, any ecclesiastical preferment or dignity.
Beneficial
Of advantage, profit or interest; as the wife has a beneficial interest in property held by a trustee for her.
Beneficial interest
The right of a party to some profit, distribution, or benefit from a contract or trust. A beneficial interest is distinguished from the rights of someone like a trustee or official who has responsibility to perform and/or title to the assets but does not share in the benefits.
Beneficial owner
A term usually referring to the registered shipowner, but which may also designate another party having the equitable ownership of the vessel where it is operated under the cloak of a trust.
Beneficiaries
Aliens on whose behalf a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or employer have filed a petition for such aliens to receive immigration benefits from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Beneficiaries generally receive a lawful status as a result of their relationship to a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or U.S. employer.
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