en banc

English

Alternative forms

• in banc

Etymology

Borrowed from French en banc (literally “on a bench”).

Adverb

en banc (not comparable)

1. (law) As a group, particularly with respect to a legal decision rendered by all of the judges sitting on a court, rather than by a smaller panel of judges from that court.
   • 2024, Lawrence VanDyke, United States v. Duarte‎^[1], page 2:

     While dissentals are more common, judges on both this and other courts have, on occasion, penned dissents from the grant of en banc review. ... These disgrantles are understandably rare.... […] But because the Ninth Circuit’s peculiar en banc procedures do not guarantee participation in the en banc panel to all active judges, a disgrantle is the only guaranteed way a judge on this court can publicly explain why it was inappropriate for our court to take a particular case en banc.

Derived terms

• court in banc

Translations

Translations

• French: en formation plénière

Adjective

en banc (not comparable)

1. (law) As a group, particularly with respect to a legal decision rendered by all of the judges sitting on a court, rather than by a smaller panel of judges from that court.
   • 2024, Lawrence VanDyke, United States v. Duarte‎^[2], page 2:

     While dissentals are more common, judges on both this and other courts have, on occasion, penned dissents from the grant of en banc review. ... These disgrantles are understandably rare.... […] But because the Ninth Circuit’s peculiar en banc procedures do not guarantee participation in the en banc panel to all active judges, a disgrantle is the only guaranteed way a judge on this court can publicly explain why it was inappropriate for our court to take a particular case en banc.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ bɑ̃/

Adverb

en banc

1. en banc