Bencher Definition

bĕnchər
noun
One that sits on a bench.
American Heritage
A person who sits on a bench, as a judge or member of the British Parliament.
Webster's New World
A member of the inner or higher bar who acts as a governor of one of the Inns of Court.
American Heritage
One, such as a magistrate, who occupies a bench.
American Heritage
(Canada, law) A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bencher

Noun

Singular:
bencher
Plural:
benchers

Origin of Bencher

  • bench +‎ -er.

    From Wiktionary

Bencher Sentence Examples

  • In 1817 he became a bencher of Lincoln's Inn.

  • He left Oxford without taking a degree in 1609, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1616, becoming a bencher in 1633.

  • In 1763 he became king's counsel and bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and for a short time went the northern circuits, but was more successful in obtaining business in the Court of Chancery.

  • He was called to the bar in 1891, and became head of the law firm of Rowell, Reid, Wood & Wright, Toronto; ultimately being made bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 191 1.

  • He soon acquired a large practice at the bar in London, took silk in 1908, and became a bencher of his Inn.

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Words Starting With

BBEBEN

Words Ending With

RERHER

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Words Starting With B and Ending With R

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