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n

  1. An officer or body with the authority to pronounce judgment on a matter based upon the evidence.
  2. A court or other judicial body.
  3. The bench or seat where the judge sits while presiding over a hearing or trial.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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