Approach The Bench
adj. someone apprehended for contempt of court, on the basis of a writ by the court is said to be attached if he is not taken to a person of higher power but is kept with the party attached, according to the exigency of his writ, ...
APPROACH THE BENCH: During course of trial, attorneys of both plaintiff and defendant discuss with the judge some matter of the trial, not discussed in public.
approach the bench
v. an attorney's movement from the counsel table to the front of the bench (the large desk at which the judge sits) in order to speak to the judge off the record and/or out of earshot of the jury.
See also: bench approach the bench
The People's Law Dictionary by Gerald and Kathleen Hill Publisher Fine Communications ...
Approach The term lawyers use when they would like to have a conversation with opposing counsel and the judge, out of the earshot of the jury, as in,"Your honor, may I approach the bench?
If the judge thinks that the questions might lead to proper evidence, the judge will stop the trial, ask the parties to âE"approach the bench,âE and give the questioner a chance to show how, if allowed, ...
 See also: Bench, Law, Judge, Court, Record
  
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