witness stand

noun

: a stand or an enclosure from which a witness gives evidence in a court

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He is expected to return to the witness stand for the second trial. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025 His second day on the witness stand was at times tense, with FTC lawyer Dan Matheson repeatedly pointing Zuckerberg to old internal emails, trying to illuminate the CEO's thinking ahead of Meta's 2012 Instagram purchase for $1 billion and its 2014 take-over of WhatsApp for $19 billion. Bobby Allyn, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025 Anyone Can Make Image Zuckerberg took the stand in landmark Meta antitrust trial Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, took the witness stand yesterday on the first day of a landmark antitrust trial that could dismantle his company. Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Lawrence suggested from the witness stand that she had been misled about injury reports and the length of time Amari had been in the custody of Foley and Delancy. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for witness stand

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of witness stand was in 1832

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“Witness stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/witness%20stand. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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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