witness stand

noun

1. the place occupied by a person giving testimony in a court.

Word History and Origins

Origin of witness stand¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

One of them, for instance, did not mention Maxwell when she spoke to the FBI in 2007 about what transpired at Epstein’s home, but on the witness stand described Maxwell as a major presence at the Palm Beach residence.

From Washington Post

The bespectacled mechanical engineer took his seat inside the cherry-wood witness stand.

From ProPublica

Whatever Lenny gave up on the witness stand, there was a lot more to it.

From ProPublica

Hearings are conducted in a tribunal at NYPD headquarters with a witness stand and other trappings of a courtroom.

From ProPublica

On the witness stand, De Jesus downplayed the amount of cooperation his group ever received from Arambula.

From The Daily Beast

The defense called a group of young men to the witness stand, leading off with dancer/choreographer Wade Robson.

From The Daily Beast

The court then heard from Sollecito who sat at the witness stand to address the judge and lay judges hearing the case.

From The Daily Beast

“The very rich, very poor, and the very famous get the worst medical care,” she said on the witness stand.

From The Daily Beast

“I just took a chance,” Brennan said from the witness stand.

From The Daily Beast

“State your name to the court,” said Squire Barker, as the youth ascended the witness-stand.

From Project Gutenberg

The poorest jack-leg lawyer we've got in Portal City would make a fool of you in five minutes on the witness-stand.

From Project Gutenberg

On the day appointed for our preliminary examination, all of us except Frank were released and put on the witness-stand.

From Project Gutenberg

The first book, called "On the Witness Stand," studied the relations of scientific psychology to crime and the law courts.

From Project Gutenberg

If we can get just enough to make 'em afraid to put you onto the witness-stand, that much may make 'em quit their barking.

From Project Gutenberg