| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bench and Bar | Literature | Judges and pleaders. The bench is the seat on which a judge sits. The bar of a court was formerly a wooden barrier, to separate the counsel from the audience. Now, silk gowns (q.v.) sit nearer the judge, and their juniors behind them. (See Barristers.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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