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witness stand

noun

  1. the place occupied by a person giving testimony in a court.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of witness stand1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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Example Sentences

On the witness stand, De Jesus downplayed the amount of cooperation his group ever received from Arambula.

The defense called a group of young men to the witness stand, leading off with dancer/choreographer Wade Robson.

The court then heard from Sollecito who sat at the witness stand to address the judge and lay judges hearing the case.

“The very rich, very poor, and the very famous get the worst medical care,” she said on the witness stand.

“I just took a chance,” Brennan said from the witness stand.

“State your name to the court,” said Squire Barker, as the youth ascended the witness-stand.

The poorest jack-leg lawyer we've got in Portal City would make a fool of you in five minutes on the witness-stand.

On the day appointed for our preliminary examination, all of us except Frank were released and put on the witness-stand.

The first book, called "On the Witness Stand," studied the relations of scientific psychology to crime and the law courts.

If we can get just enough to make 'em afraid to put you onto the witness-stand, that much may make 'em quit their barking.

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