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decan = 2. S.m. Persoană (aleasă dintre avocaţi) care conducea baroul avocaţilor. 3. S.m. Persoana cea mai în vârstă sau cu vechimea cea mai mare în anumite corpuri constituite.

http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=decan&source=

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The highest rank of membership is that of the Benchers, or (more formally) the Masters of the Bench. Lincon\'s Inn
http://www.online-law.co.uk/bar/lincolns/history/benchers.ht...

THE INNS OF COURT are institutions which for centuries have had a special place in the English legal structure. The proper title of each Inn is \'The Honourable Society of . . . .\', whether it be Lincoln\'s Inn, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple or Gray\'s Inn.
The Inn is old, in fact it is the oldest of the four Inns of court. It\'s formal records, contained in the \"Black Books\", go back continuously to 1422 *****se mentin vechile traditii...si in 1400 nu era denumirea de consilier
http://www.online-law.co.uk/bar/lincolns/index.html

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.bench·er (bnchr)

Chiefly British A member of the inner or higher bar who acts as a governor of one of the Inns of Court
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bencher

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decan=(1. univ)dean 2.(jur) president of the Bar association
dictionar roman-englez, leon levitchi, ed 1000+1 grammar, 2003