witness 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 … Financial and business terms
witness box — BrE witness stand AmE n the place in a court of law where a witness stands to answer questions … Dictionary of contemporary English
witness box — (N. Amer. witness stand) ► NOUN Law ▪ the place in a court where a witness stands to give evidence … English terms dictionary
witness box — index stand (witness place in court) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
witness box — witness ,box noun count BRITISH WITNESS STAND … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
witness box — noun a box enclosure for a witness when testifying • Syn: ↑witness stand • Hypernyms: ↑box • Part Holonyms: ↑court, ↑courtroom * * * witness box or (US) wit … Useful english dictionary
witness 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 … English dictionary
witness box — n. (BE) to go into the witness box * * * [ wɪtnɪsbɒks] (BE) to go into the witness box … Combinatory dictionary
witness-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] … Useful english dictionary
witness box — noun A witness stand in a courtroom. 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 … Wiktionary