The witness stand is the place in court where a person gives their account. Take the witness stand, call her to the witness stand, from the witness stand.
The British court calls the same place the witness box, and the American witness stand is the form heard in films. Everything said from the witness stand is given under oath.
1nounwitness standThe place in court where a person gives their account.
“He was on the witness stand for the better part of a day.”
witness stand is a place.
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