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in banc

in banc is the alternative form of en banc.

Meaning of en banc

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

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Questions about in banc

What is in banc the alternative form of?
In banc is the alternative form of en banc.

Words near in banc in the dictionary

  1. in bad repair
  2. in bad shape
  3. in bad taste
  4. in ballast
  5. in ballast condition
  6. in banc
  7. in battery
  8. in baulk
  9. in bed
  10. in bed with
  11. in before

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