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A Bench can be a metonymy, served from the sitting bench (furniture), not unlike some uses of chair and seat, for certain groups of people metonymically associated with certain seatings.

• The bench (law) is the location where judges sit while in court, often specified after the type of court, e.g. county bench (in both UK and US), or one of several bodies of magistrates (elsewhere known by other terms, e.g. a chamber or division) assigned to certain types of litigation, e.g. Kings Bench Division
• The location where members of Parliament sit while in session; also more specific, as certain benches are usually reserved, one distinguishes the majority - versus opposition benches, and the ministerial bench for the members of government.
• The location where athletes sit when not in a game.

See also

• Backbencher
• Bench (law)
• Bench trial
• Bench warrant
• Frontbencher

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. passim

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