Banc
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. bancus; L. Fr. banke, bancke, banque.] Bench; the place where a court permanently or regularly sits. This word is probably an abbreviation of bancus, and is still used, as in the phrase in banc (q. v.) though it is written also bank. See Bi Sanctis, Bank, Bench. BANCKES. L. Fr. Bench; a name formerly given to both the English courts now termed the Queen's Bench, and the Common Pleas. De lun bancke et de lautre; of the one bench and of the other. Britt. c.
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See Bank.
See Bank.