banc

[bangk]

noun

Law.

1. the seat on which judges sit in court.

2. in banc, with all the judges of a court present; as a full court.

   a hearing in banc.

banc

/ bæŋk /

noun

1. law sitting as a full court

Word History and Origins

Origin of banc¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Germanic: bench

Word History and Origins

Origin of banc¹

C18: from Anglo-French: bench

Example Sentences

The Ninth Circuit decision is awaiting full en banc review, while the Seventh Circuit concluded that facts on the ground were insufficient to justify the troops’ deployment.

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Just as a matter of plain text, as Judge James Graves argued in his dissent from the 5th Circuit’s decision not to take the case en banc, the day of an “election” is the day that the voters cast their ballots.

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His legal team then filed a petition for the case to be reheard “en banc.”

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On Wednesday, the full court declined to reconsider the L.A. decision en banc, but 11 judges said it should have, because the majority gave way too much deference to the president.

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Banc of California has leased 40,000 square feet at 865 S. Figueroa St. and secured the rights to emblazon its name atop the 35-story tower just north of L.A.

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