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Tribune :: Tribune (n.) Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.

Bench Warrant :: Bench warrant () A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant..

Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor..

Siege :: Siege (n.) A workman's bench.

Bench :: Bench (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench..

Form :: Form (n.) A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society..

Bench :: Bench (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench..

Seat :: Seat (n.) The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like..

King''s Bench :: King's Bench () Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to the high court of justice created by that legislation..

Drawbench :: Drawbench (n.) A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench..

Bench :: Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river..

Bank :: Bank (n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.

Alebench :: Alebench (n.) A bench in or before an alehouse.

Dresser :: Dresser (v. t.) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use..

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc..

Crown Office :: Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases..

Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured..

Bench :: Bench (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.

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