0 the place in which a person sits in a law court when they are being asked questions:
1 a raised place, usually near the judge, where someone who is giving information about a case sits
2 → witness box
Opposite, in full view of both coroner and jury, is the witness stand.
Therefore, they went unprepared to the witness stand.
Another aspect of the last-minute syndrome is whether a child will be allowed to review his or her evidence before taking the witness stand.
The trial lasted for five days, but not one of the mutineers was called to the witness stand.
Breyer also noted that shackling a defendant hurts his ability to interact with his attorneys, and prevents a defendant from taking the witness stand.
He then recited the warnings on the witness stand.
He was surprised on the witness stand with transcripts of these, which he had not been given a chance to review.
The defendant, of course, in his lengthy time on the witness stand here showed a high degree of intelligence.
