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en banc

en banc adverb: as a group, particularly with respect to a legal decision rendered by all of the judges sitting on a court, rather than by a smaller panel of judges from that court.

Adverb

en banc (not comparable)

  1. As a group, particularly with respect to a legal decision rendered by all of the judges sitting on a court, rather than by a smaller panel of judges from that court.
    • While dissentals are more common, judges on both this and other courts have, on occasion, penned dissents from the grant of en banc review. ... These disgrantles are understandably rare.... […] But because the Ninth Circuit’s peculiar en banc procedures do not guarantee participation in the en banc...2024, Lawrence VanDyke, United States v. Duarte, page 2

Adjective

en banc (not comparable)

  1. As a group, particularly with respect to a legal decision rendered by all of the judges sitting on a court, rather than by a smaller panel of judges from that court.
    • While dissentals are more common, judges on both this and other courts have, on occasion, penned dissents from the grant of en banc review. ... These disgrantles are understandably rare.... […] But because the Ninth Circuit’s peculiar en banc procedures do not guarantee participation in the en banc...2024, Lawrence VanDyke, United States v. Duarte, page 2

Forms of en banc

alternative formin banc

Origin of en banc

Borrowed from French en banc (literally “on a bench”).

Words formed from en banc

Questions about en banc

What does en banc mean?
En banc means as a group, particularly with respect to a legal decision rendered by all of the judges sitting on a court, rather than by a smaller panel of judges from that court.
What part of speech is en banc?
En banc can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near en banc in the dictionary

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  5. en arrière
  6. en banc
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  10. en brochette
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