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.

Examples of the stand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Naomi Biden, Hunter Biden’s 30-year-old daughter, took the stand Friday, the final day of testimony, to help a father who by his own account often had not been there for her. —Matt Viser, Washington Post, 12 June 2024

Naomi, 30, took the stand on Friday, June 7, and spoke about visiting her dad in rehab. —Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024

Howze took the stand in his own defense and was also the only witness his lawyer called to testify. —Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2024

New Jersey’s former attorney general, Gurbir S. Grewal, took the stand on Thursday afternoon in Senator Robert Menendez’s bribery trial, becoming the most prominent official to testify against the senator, a fellow Democrat. —Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 6 June 2024