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noun
A part of a court case in which a judge, sitting alone and without a jury, hears evidence on factual points disputed between prosecution and defence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England
Topics: law
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From the 1983 case R v Newton, in which the defendant admitted buggery but claimed his wife had given her consent.
