Banc

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Banc \Banc\, Bancus \Ban"cus\, Bank \Bank\, n. [OF. banc, LL.
     bancus. See {Bank}, n.]
     A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a
     tribunal or court.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {In banc}, {In banco} (the ablative of bancus), {In bank}, in
        full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings
        in banc (distinguished from sittings at {nisi prius}).
        [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  BANC or BANK. The first of these is a French word signifying bench, 
  pronounced improperly bank. 1. The seat of judgment, as banc le roy, the 
  king's bench banc le common pleas, the bench of common pleas. 
       2. The meeting of all the judges or such as may form a quorum, as, the 
  court sit in banc. Cowell's Interp.