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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

In Saxon law. Larceny. Also late or barred. In the language of the courts of equity, a "stale" claim or demand is one which has not been pressed or asserted for so long a time that the owner or creditor is chargeable with laches, and that changes occurring meanwhile in the relative situation of the parties, or the intervention of new Interests or equities, would render the … [Read more...] about STALE

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

A claim barred under a statute of limitations or doctrine of laches. A claim which has not been pressed or asserted for so long a time that the owner or creditor is chargeable with laches, and that changes occurring meanwhile in the relative situation of the parties, or the intervention of new interests or equities, would render the enforcement of the claim or demand against … [Read more...] about STALE CLAIM

This phrase is frequently used in relation to conveyances under the statute of uses. A covenant to stand seised to uses is a species of conveyance which derives its effect from the statute of uses, by which a man, seised of lands, covenants, in consideration of blood or marriage, that he will stand seised of the same, to the use of his child, wife, or kinsman, for life, in tail … [Read more...] about STAND SEISED TO USES