Law. [L., abl. of bancus bench: see BANK sb.2, and cf. BANC.] In L. phr. in banco = on the bench: applied to sittings of a Superior Court of Common Law as a full court, as distinguished from the sittings of the judges at Nisi Prius, or on circuit.
1768. [see BANK sb.2 2].
1863. [see BANC].
