witness box

witness box

English

Noun

witness box (plural witness boxes)

1. (chiefly Britain) 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, The Summons, chapter XXXI:

     There's no lie Jenny Prask wouldn't tell to force Joan into the witness box.

Hypernyms

• box

Translations

place where a witness gives evidence in a courtroom

Norwegian: Bokmål: vitneboks m Nynorsk: vitneboks m