Banci Narratores

In old English law. Advocates; countors; Serjeants. Applied to advocates in the common pleas courts. 1 Bl. Comm. 24; Cowell. BANCUS (Lat.) A bench; the seat or bench of justice; a stall or table on which goods are exposed for sale. Often used for the court itself. A full bench, when all the judges are present. Cowell; Spelman. The English court of common pleas was formerly called "bancus." Viner, Abr. "Courts." See "Bench;" "Common Bench." BANCUS REGINAE (Law Lat.) The queen's bench. BANCUS REGIS (Lat.) The king's bench; the supreme tribunal of the king after parliament. 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 41. In banco regis, in or before the court of king's bench. The king has several times sat in his own person on the bench in this court, and all the proceedings are said to be coram rege wso, before the king himself. Still, James "Courts" (H. L.); 3 Bl. Comm. 41; Co. Litt. 71 (C). BANCUS SUPERIOR (Lat.) Abbreviated banc. sup. The upper bench; the king's bench was so called during the Protectorate.

Advocates; countors; Serjeants. Applied to advocates in the common pleas courts. 1 Bla. Com. 24. BANCUS (Lat). A bench; the seat or bench of justice; a stall or table on which goods are exposed for sale. Often used for the court itself. A full bench, when all the judges are present. Cowell; Spelman, Gloss. The English court of common pleas was formerly called Bancws. Viner, Abr. Courts (M). See Bench; Common Bench. BANCUS REGIN/E (Lat.). The Queen's Bench. BANCUS REGIS (Lat). The King's Bench; the supreme tribunal of the king after parliament. 3 Bla. Com. 41. The king has several times sat in his own person on the bench in this court, and all the proceedings are said to be coram rege ipso (before the king himself). But James I. was not allowed to deliver an opinion although sitting in banco regis. Viner, Abr. Courts (H L); 3 Bla. Com. 41; Co. Litt. 71 C.

In old English law. Advocates; countors; serjeants. Applied to advocates in the common pleas courts. 1 Bl. Comm. 24; Cowell.

Lat.

In old English practice. Counters of the bench, sometimes called serjeant counters; advocates or pleaders. Placitantium advocatorum, (quos banci narratores vulgariter appellamus); of the pleading advocates, whom we commonly call counters of the bench. Matt. Par. Hist. 1011, cited 1 Bl. Com. 24, note (t). Steph. Pl. Appendix, Note (8). A class of advocates peculiar to the bench (bancus), as the English Court of Common Pleas was anciently called; answering to serjeants at law, who, until very recently, enjoyed a monopoly of the practice of that court. See Bancus, Countor, Serjeant.