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The secret meeting on the morning of Monday, June 10, led into Copeland’s return to the witness stand.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2024
And interviews about Watson and Ozy Media are taking place on the witness stand in a Brooklyn courtroom.
—Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 18 June 2024
Michael Soliman, a former top Menendez political adviser, testified immediately after New Jersey's U.S. attorney, Philip Sellinger, finished two days on the witness stand at the Manhattan federal court trial that is in its sixth week.
—CBS News, 18 June 2024
In a scene that mirrored the attempt to silence mob turncoat Frank Pentangeli in The Godfather Part II, Eduardo glowered from the front row of the courtroom benches when his brother took the witness stand.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1832, in the meaning defined above
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“Witness stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/witness%20stand. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
witness stand
noun
: an area from which a witness gives evidence in a court
Legal Definition
witness stand
noun
: stand
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