Terms Used In Missouri Laws 483.086

  • 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 any city not within a county the circuit clerk shall serve as secretary to the court en banc. The circuit clerk shall attend all sittings of the court en banc at which the presiding judge presides, and keep the minutes of such proceedings. At the circuit clerk’s direction, a deputy circuit clerk may perform the duties of the secretary of the court en banc.