To give testimony in the place where witnesses testify in court. … [Read more...] about STAND WITNESS
STAND
To abide; to submit to; as "to stand a trial." To remain as a thing is; to remain in force. Pleadings demurred to and held good are allowed to stand. Standing aside jurors. A practice by which, on the drawing of a jury for a criminal trial, the prosecuting officer puts aside a juror, provisionally, until the panel is exhausted, without disclosing his reasons, instead of being … [Read more...] about STAND
Stan. L. & Pol’y Rev.
Stanford Law & Policy Review … [Read more...] about Stan. L. & Pol’y Rev.
STAND MUTE
When a criminal defendant refuses to enter a pleading during arraignment and, after rising, does not answer the judge for a plea of guilty or not guilty. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition practice, crim. law. When a prisoner upon his arraignment totally refuses to answer, insists upon mere frivolous pretenses, or refuses to put himself upon the country, after … [Read more...] about STAND MUTE
STANDARD OF WEIGHT, OR MEASURE
A weight or measure fixed and prescribed by law, to which all other weights and measures are required to correspond. … [Read more...] about STANDARD OF WEIGHT, OR MEASURE