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witness stand

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noun

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

Origin of witness stand

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Also called, especially British, witness-box.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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The arresting officer mounts to the witness-stand and confronts him.
Dr. Sevier
George W. Cable
I would have liked to have put the boy on the witness-stand.
Tess of the Storm Country
Grace Miller White
I am not on the witness-stand, and I won't be cross-questioned.
The Story of a Play
W. D. Howells
Under cover of her delight I escaped from the witness-stand.
The Plum Tree
David Graham Phillips
The question was not allowed, and the husband left the witness-stand.
The Art of Cross-Examination
Francis L. Wellman