banc
Americannoun
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the seat on which judges sit in court.
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in banc, with all the judges of a court present; as a full court.
a hearing in banc.
noun
Etymology
Origin of banc
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Germanic: bench
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They were eventually upheld by the 9th Circuit Court in an en banc ruling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
It asked for an en banc review of a three-judge panel’s December ruling that affirmed the order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Khalil essentially has one option left before being forced to go through immigration court: request a rehearing en banc.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
The full Fifth Circuit declined an en banc review of its ruling, but the vote was 9-8, and the dissenters said applying Heck this way is “indefensible.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
Whether, after all other shifts, the last and grand resource for exhausting that ocean, was not the erecting of a compte en banc in several towns of France?
From Querist by George Berkeley
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