| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Bench trial | A bench trial in the U.S. is a trial before a judge in which the defendant has waived his/her right to a jury trial. It has some distinctive characteristics, but a bench trial is basically the same as a jury trial without the jury. For example, the rules of evidence and methods of objection are the same in a bench trial as in a jury trial. Bench trials, however, are frequently more informal than jury trials and sometimes evidence is accepted de bene, or provisionally, subject to the possibility of being struck in the future. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bench trial | Civil Rights | Juicio sin jurado. (references) | |
| Bench trial | Law | Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts. (references) | |
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