On the stand
Would you please the phrase "on the stand", in a simple manner and with also sharing an explanatory picture?
I read it from some sources but they very difficult for me to understand.
https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/on+the+stand
Here is an example.
Thanks
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I don't see how I can be any clearer than your dictionary link: on the stand: prep. testifying during a trial, in which the witness almost always sits in a chair beside the judge's bench, often raised above the floor level of the courtroom and behind a knee-high panel. (See: witness stand) witness stand: n.
- I don't see how I can be any clearer than your dictionary link: on the stand: prep.
- testifying during a trial, in which the witness almost always sits in a chair beside the judge's bench, often raised above the floor level of the courtroom and behind a knee-high panel.
- (See: witness stand) witness stand: n.
- a chair at the end of the judge's bench on the jury box side, usually with a low "modesty screen," where a witness sits and gives testimony after he/she has sworn to tell the truth.
- " Most witness stands are equipped with a microphone linked to an amplifying system so that judge, attorneys and jury can hear the testimony clearly.
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I don't see how I can be any clearer than your dictionary link:
on the stand:
prep. testifying during a trial, in which the witness almost always sits in a chair beside the judge's bench, often raised above the floor level of the courtroom and behind a knee-high panel. (See: witness stand)
witness stand:
n. a chair at the end of the judge's benc
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