A benchslap is when a judge humiliates an attorney, insults another judge, or reverses a lower court in a particularly demeaning manner. A judicial bitch slap, if you will. This term was popularized by David Lat of AboveTheLaw.com (when he was blogging for UnderneathTheirRobes.com).
That was a classic Kozinski benchslap.
Judge Judy totally benchslapped that hooker that claimed to be a model, did you see that?
She might be a litigatrix, but that didn't help her dodge that brutal benchslap.
Judge Judy totally benchslapped that hooker that claimed to be a model, did you see that?
She might be a litigatrix, but that didn't help her dodge that brutal benchslap.
by Count Christoph von Stoph-Stopherson October 18, 2007
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This Jazz Cabbage got me zooted. Jazz Cabbage is less harmful than Squares. Iām smoking that Jazz Cabbage boy.
by Gypsiehood97 December 30, 2017
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In fantasy football, when you lose a match up because you benched a player who scored far more points than the one you played.
by lyzurjane September 27, 2016
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When a judge unleashes a verbal smackdown of someone in a courtroom setting. A bench slap can be directed at anyone in the courtroom for example: an attorney, a plaintiff, a defendant, etc.
by beccabecca October 29, 2020
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