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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A stand or enclosed area in a courtroom from which a witness presents testimony.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An enclosed area in a courtroom where witnesses give their evidence.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a box enclosure for a witness when testifying

Examples

  • “I leaned heavily on the burled edge of the witness stand and looked down with a mournful sigh.”

    Courting Trouble

  • “Lowrey had laughed all over again on the witness stand and said, Like, dug?”

    Bad Luck and Trouble

  • “Clayton was referring to the evisceration of Dr. Morse on the witness stand in the St Agnes Hospital case.”

    Mistress of Justice

  • “I did the bereavement shuffle to the witness stand and handed an exhibit to Frankie Costello, a lump of a plant manager with a pencil-thin mustache.”

    Courting Trouble

  • “He slouches on the witness stand as Emma Wasserstein paces in front of him.”

    Simon & Schuster: VANISHING ACTS

  • “Lincoln's client went upon the witness stand and testified to the account he had against the defendant, gave the amount due after allowing all credits and set-offs, and swore positively that it had not been paid.”

    The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln

  • “LATE ONE SUMMER MORNING, one of Marijane Placek’s clients stepped up to the witness stand and began to tell a story so horrific that it left spectators in the courtroom gallery with their mouths agape.”

    Simon & Schuster: Defending the Damned

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