NounPlural bench trials bench trial (plural bench trials)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A bench trial is a trial held before a judge sitting without a jury. The term is chiefly used in common law jurisdictions to describe exceptions from jury trial, as most other legal systems (Roman, Islamic and socialist) do not use juries to any great extent. Common lawMany countries that follow common law have provisions for bench trials. England and WalesThe majority of civil trials that take place in England and Wales do not feature a jury and are heard by a judge sitting alone. The Crown Court is the only court to use juries as a matter of course. Criminal trials are almost always conducted with a jury in session. Turks and CaicosOne of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry 2008-2009 was that provisions be made for criminal trials without juries, following the Anglo-Welsh precedent. Other examples cited included the United States, the Commonwealth, including India and Canada, the British Overseas Territories of the Falkland Islands and St. Helena, and the Netherlands. From Wikipedia under the
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