the stand

noun

: the place where a witness testifies in court

She lied while on the stand.

The witness was asked to take the stand.

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Recent Examples on the Web

Next on the stand was Thomas Rivers, a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections officer at the facility where Mangione was held for 10 days before his return to New York to face charges. —Michael Ruiz , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025

The prosecution and defense are expected to call several witnesses to the stand over the course of the week. —Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025

He is expected to continue testifying for several hours on Tuesday before a Massachusetts State Police investigator takes the stand to tell jurors about Brian Walshe's allegedly violent electronic search history. —Matt Schooley, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025

If Dugan herself takes the stand, that would likely take a substantial amount of time. —John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 26 Nov. 2025

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