Definition of "banc" [banc]

• Used to associate a non-banking affiliate of a bank with the bank's brand name without using the word bank (noun)

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• "He recited to them, till they were word-perfect, a music-hall ditty of the early 'eighties -- _Sur le bi, sur le banc, sur le bi du bout du banc_, and delighted them with dissertations on Mme. Yvette Guilbert's earlier repertoire."
• "En banc is a French term used to refer to the hearing of a legal case where all judges of a court will hear the case, rather than a panel of them, explains the Wikipedia."
• "Howard Bashman (How Appealing) notes, apropos a Solomon Amendment case, that In the Third Circuit, however, rehearing en banc is not available if a majority of the judges in regular active service is recused from hearing a case."