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bench<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. A court; the judges of a court; the seat upon which the judges of a court are accustomed to sit while the court is in session; all the judges and justices of a state or subdivision, as in a reference to “bench and bar.”<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

bench trial<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(1954)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A trial before a judge without a jury.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The judge decides questions of fact as well as questions of law.<\/strong> \u2014 aka<\/span> trial to the bench<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; nonjury trial<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; court trial<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; trial before the court (TBC)<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; judge trial<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

juryless<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n adj<\/em>. (1808)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. (Of a court or proceeding) having no jury.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]:\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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