Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Banco

1. A seat or bench of justice. See en banc. 2: a tract of land cut off by the shifting of a river's course; esp., land that has become cut off in such a manner from the country it originally belonged to. See avulsion

de banco

Law Latin] Of the bench. ( In England, the term applied to justices of the Court of Common Pleas.

dies communes in banco

n. [Law Latin "common days in banc"] 1. Regular appearance dates in court. - Also termed common-return days. 2. An enactment printed under the Statutes of Henry III, regulating continuances and writ return dates. 0 Examples include the Statutes of the Realm, Statutes of Uncertain Date, and Statutes at Large.

dies datus in banco

n. [Law Latin "a day given in the bench"] A day given in bank, as distinguished from a day at nisi prius.

dies in banco.

See DAYS IN BANK.

in banco

See EN BANC.