A bench trial is a trial by judge, as opposed to a trial by jury. The term applies most appropriately to any administrative hearing in relation to a summary...

jury trial, or trial by jury, is a legal proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact. It is distinguished from a bench trial, in which...

before a judge, it is called a bench trial. Hearings before administrative bodies may have many of the features of a trial before a court, but are typically...

of King's Bench of Alberta, the superior trial court of the Canadian province of Alberta Court of King's Bench of Manitoba, the superior trial court of...

or agreement of the parties; this is referred to as a bench trial. In the United States, a trial court of general jurisdiction is authorized to hear some...

the Chicago judge was recruited specifically to acquit Aleman during a bench trial. Born in the Taylor Street area of Chicago, Aleman was the first of three...

guilty to both misdemeanor charges, with bench trial being set to take place on August 22. Subsequently the trial was postponed until September 26 due to...

(law) Bench trial Bencher En banc Full court In Italy, in the law on the conflict between powers, the ordinance drawn by the judge at the bench (...)...

twelve. Sheriff courts hear criminal trials on complaint as a bench trial for summary offences, and as a trial with a jury of fifteen for indictable...

this was held applicable to bench trials. In Arizona v. Rumsey, 467 U.S. 203 (1984), it was ruled that in a bench trial, when a judge was holding a separate...