单词 | to be raised to the bench |
释义 | > as lemmasto be raised (promoted, elevated) to the bench d. The office or status of a judge. Frequently in to be raised (promoted, elevated) to the bench. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > office or function of judicature1530 justiceship1542 judgeship1589 bench1689 1689 T. Oates Display of Tyranny: 1st Pt. Ep. Ded. sig. Av Destroyed by a Race of Men, who were raised to the Bench, from being the Scandal of the Bar. 1734 Enq. Conduct Ministry 20 I could instance some late Reigns, when the Scum of the Bar was promoted to the Bench. 1796 Art of Growing Rich 9 It may reasonably be questioned, whether the habit of pleading on any side for a fee, has a tendency to make a lawyer more incorrupt when he is raised to the bench. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 450 These qualifications he carried..from the bar to the bench. 1893 Middlesex Gaz. 13 May 5/3 The object is simply to raise to the bench a number of party politicians. 1909 D. C. Kilbourn Bench & Bar Litchfield County, Connecticut 286 He became disqualified by reason of having reached the age of 70 years, and retired from the Bench, which he had greatly adorned. 1950 Mich. Alumnus Q. Rev. May 227/1 Judge Gould was forty-six when he was elevated to the bench. 2007 Past & Present Aug. 135 The county governor was the senior magistrate who recommended appointments to the bench. < as lemmas |
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