Trial at bar
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A species of trial now seldom resorted to, excepting in cases where the matter in dispute is one of great importance and difficulty. It is a trini which takes place before all the judges at the bar of the court in Which the action is brought.
Brown. See 2 Tidd, Pr. 747; Steph. Pi. 84,