Terms Used In Missouri Laws 478.464

  • En banc: In the bench or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S. courts of appeals usually sit in panels of three judges, but may expand to a larger number in certain cases. They are then said to be sitting en banc.

In the sixteenth judicial circuit, there shall be ten associate circuit judges. These judges shall sit in ten divisions, which shall be numbered beginning with the number 25. Divisions 25, 26, 27, 29, and 31 shall sit in Kansas City and divisions 28, 30, 32, and 33 shall sit in Independence. Division 34 shall sit in the location determined by the court en banc. The tenth associate circuit judgeship shall not be included in the statutory formula for authorizing additional associate circuit judgeships per county under section 478.320.