- life, bencher
- (Law Society of Upper Canada)conseiller(ère)à vie
English-French legislative terms. 2015.
English-French legislative terms. 2015.
Bencher — For the prayer book used on Jewish holidays, see Birkat Hamazon. Combined arms of the four Inns of Court. Clockwise from top left: Lincoln s Inn, Middle Temple, Gray s Inn, Inner Temple. A bencher or Master of the Bench is a senior member of an… … Wikipedia
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