Bancus

Lat.

In old English law

A bench or seat in the king's hall or palace. A seat of judgment; a tribunal for the administration of justice. The sittings of the full court as distinguished from sittings of a single judge at nisi prius. The name, as originally applied to a particular court, of the English Court of Common Bench or Common Pleas, which was later called bancus apud Westmonasterium or communis bancus; later the name of the court more specifically called bancus regis, or the King's Bench. A high seat or seat of distinction. A seat or place of residence. A stall or bench on which goods are exposed for sale. Bancus communis: the Common Bench or Common Pleas. Bancus regis: the King's Bench, as supposed to be held always coram ipso rege, before the king himself. Bancus reginae: the Queen's Bench. Banci narratores: counters of the Bench; sergeants who had the monopoly of practice in the court of Common Bench. v. Adbancum; Common; Communis; Countor; Dies; Francus bancus; Justitiarii; King's Bench; Sergeants.