witness box
English edit
Noun edit
witness box (plural witness boxes)
- (chiefly British) A witness stand in a courtroom.
- 1910, Henry Lawson, The Rising of the Court:
- The same dingy court room, […] ; the royal arms above it [the bench] and the little witness box to one side, where so many honest poor people are bullied
- 1920, A. E. W. Mason, “chapter XXXI”, in The Summons:
- There's no lie Jenny Prask wouldn't tell to force Joan into the witness box.
Synonyms edit
- (chiefly US) witness stand
Hypernyms edit
Translations edit
place where a witness gives evidence in a courtroom
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