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federal bench
noun[ Cusually singular ]
law specializeduk /ˌfed.ər.əl ˈbentʃ/ us /ˌfed.ɚ.əl ˈbentʃ/
in a country such as the US, the judges(= people who are in charge of a trial in a court) who work in law courts that are organized by the central government rather than by the government of a region:
on the federal benchHe remained on the federal bench for thirty years.
There are several differences between the state and federal benches.
She spent four years as a state district judge before joining the federal bench.
President Truman appointed him to the federal bench in 1950.
Federal benches are not partisan institutions.
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