STAND WITNESS

To give testimony in the place where witnesses testify in court. … [Read more...] about STAND WITNESS

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

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

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

Taking a position with regard to a dispute or when various options are available. In Scotch law. A resting place; a field or place adjoining a drove-road for resting and refreshing sheep and cattle on their journey. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition (1) An impression made by public authority, in pursuance of law, upon paper or parchment, upon which certain legal … [Read more...] about STANCE