bancus (bang-k[schwa]s). [Law Latin “bench”] Hist. English law. A court or tribunal. bancus publicus. See bancus superior. bancus reginae (bang-k[schwa]s r[schwa]-jI-nee). See QUEEN’S BENCH. bancus regis (bang-k[schwa]s ree-j[schwa]s). See KING’S BENCH. bancus superior (bang-k[schwa]s s[schwa]-peer-ee-[schwa]r). Upper bench. • The King’s Bench was so called during the Protectorate (1653–1659). — Abbr. b.s. — Also termed bancus […]
bancus publicus and bancus superior 〈英〉公共法院和上座法院 在护国公制时期以前及1660年后称做王座法院。(→King’s Bench)
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environmental effect. Environmental law. A natural or artificial disturbance of the physical, chemical, or biological components that make up the environment.
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capitalis justiciarius banci (kap-i-tay-lis j[schwa]s-tish-ee-air-ee-[ schwa]s ban-sI). [Latin] Chief justice of the bench. • This phrase — which dates from the 13th century — referred to the chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
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free bench. Hist. A widow’s (and occasionally a widower’s) interest in the deceased spouse’s estate. • Free bench gave the surviving spouse a half interest in the estate until death or remarriage. — Also termed francus bancus; frank bank; liber bancus. “The bench in question was, we may guess … a bench at the fireside.
At common law, a wrongful interference with, or impediment to, another’s right to commonable property, such as a wrongful fencing or surcharge on the common.
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banco (bang-koh). 1. A seat or bench of justice. See EN BANC. 2. A tract of land cut off by the shifting of a river’s course; esp., land that has become cut off in such a manner from the country it originally belonged to. See AVULSION(2).
disturbance of ways. An impediment to a person’s lawful right-of-way, as by an obstruction.
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de banco (dee or d[schwa] bang-koh). [Law Latin] Of the bench. • In England, the term applied to justices of the Court of Common Pleas.