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Definition of Benchers
1. bencher [n] - See also: bencher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benchers
Literary usage of Benchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Inns of Court and Chancery by William John Loftie (1893)
"The list of benchers begins with the name of Sir Thomas Lyttleton, the author of the
... The name of Lucas occurs very often among the lists of benchers. ..."
2. The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn: The Black Books by James Douglas Walker, Lincoln's Inn (London, England) (1899)
"Eight benchers present. Call to the Bench : Mr Thomas Lee, ... Fourteen benchers
present. " Ordered that Mr Treasurer and the three senior Masters of the ..."
3. The Canada Law Journalby William S. Hein & Company by William S. Hein & Company (1872)
"ELECTIVE benchers. few who, in the House, have even the slightest knowledge of
the subject The following is the Bill as introduced :— Whereas, ..."
4. The Law Magazine, Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1832)
"But before entering into these, it may be as well to state precisely what this
obnoxious power of the benchers is, both in the case of students and of ..."
5. Memoirs of Edward Vaughan Kenealy, LL. D. by Arabella Kenealy (1908)
"IMMEDIATELY after the Trial and sentence the benchers of Gray's Inn and the
members of the Oxford Circuit Mess announced their intention of inquiring into ..."
6. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts (1866)
"Lincoln's-inn had 69 benchers ; the Inner Temple 45; the Middle Temple 36; and
Gray's-inn ... The same case« were heard by one set of benchers on one day, ..."
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