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Bench and Bar
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: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Bench and Bar from Infoplease:
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