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Sitting in Banco

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The judges of the courts of law at Westminster are said to be “sitting in banco” so long as they sit together on the benches of their respective courts—that is, all term time. Banco is the Italian for “bench.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sit Out (To)
Sit Under … (To)
Sit Up (for anyone) (To)
Sit Upon (To)
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Six Nations (The)
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