Word: bencher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sack Bencher. In Wellington, N.Z., during a late session of Parliament, Chairman of Committees Reginald Keeling rebuked Opposition Member Dean Eyre, said: "Will the honorable member please speak more quietly, for some members are sleeping...
Goodhart, Knight Commander of the British Empire, is an authority on English Law and its philosophy. He is an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and the author of a number of books on legal subjects. A native of New York, he holds degrees from Yale and Cambridge Universities...
...called because the four Inns-Gray's, Lincoln's, the Inner and Middle Temples-once furnished lodgings for their members. Francis Bacon was a "bencher"' (senior member), and Thomas More, Thackeray, Pitt, Burke and Disraeli all attended the Inns...
...date lawyer's office, where students will give free advice to needy citizens. The center boasts three libraries, one for general law, one for international law, and one for oil and gas law, a Texas specialty that might startle many a Lincoln's Inn bencher...