Bench

A seat of judgmentor tribunal for the administration of justice; the seat oceupied by judges in courts; also the court itself, as the “King’s Bench,” or the aggregate of the judges composing a court, as in the phrase “before the full bench,” The collective body of the juiiges in a state or nation, as distinguished from the body of attorneys and advocates, who are called the “bar,” In English ecclesiastical law. The aggregate body of bishops. the attachment or arrest of a person; either in case of contempt, or where an indictment has been found, or to bring in a witness who does not obey the subpena. So called to distinguish it from a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, alderman, or commissioner.