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Stand
The location in a courtroom where the parties and witnesses offer their testimony. To appear in court; to submit to the jurisdiction of the court.
To stand trial, for example, means to try, or be tried on, a particular issue in a particular court.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
TO STAND. To abide by a thing; to submit to a decision; to comply with an agreement; to have validity, as the judgment must stand.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.