Bench and Session

Bench

Bench noun - A public official having authority to decide questions of law.

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Session and bench are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Session" instead a noun "Bench".

Nearby Words: benched, benching, bencher

Session noun - A meeting for execution of a group's functions.

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Bench and session are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bench" instead a noun "Session".

Nearby Word: sessional

good	good bench	good session
full	full bench	full session
long	long bench	long session
particular	particular bench	particular session
Other adjectives: normal, public, simple, heavy, entire, private, epic, next, last.

Today, many courts will only do this twice a day—once when the judge gets on the bench for the morning session at the beginning of the day and once when the judge gets on the bench for the afternoon session after lunch.

Source: Stock Legal Phrases

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