witness box
1witness box — UK US noun [C] (US witness stand) LAW ► the place in which a person stands in a court to answer questions: »She spent over an hour in the witness box giving evidence. » enter/step down from the witness box »The judge asked him to take the witness …
2witness box — BrE witness stand AmE n the place in a court of law where a witness stands to answer questions …
3witness box — (N. Amer. witness stand) ► NOUN Law ▪ the place in a court where a witness stands to give evidence …
4witness box — index stand (witness place in court) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5witness box — witness ,box noun count BRITISH WITNESS STAND …
6witness box — noun a box enclosure for a witness when testifying • Syn: ↑witness stand • Hypernyms: ↑box • Part Holonyms: ↑court, ↑courtroom * * * witness box or (US) wit …
7witness box — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms witness box : singular witness box plural witness boxes legal British the place in a court of law where the witness stands or sits while answering questions …
8Witness box — A witness box is part of a court room. It is the section of the room set aside for witnesses to stand or sit in while giving their testimony or presenting evidence. In U.S. English, it is known as the witness stand or merely the… …
9witness box — n. (BE) to go into the witness box * * * [ wɪtnɪsbɒks] (BE) to go into the witness box …
10witness-box — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun chiefly Britain : an enclosure in which a witness sits or stands while testifying in court entered the witness box Contemporary Review * * * /wit nis boks /, n. Chiefly Brit. See witness stand. [1800 10] …
