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sidebar : sidebar conference [had failed to request a before injecting the collateral offense into the trial "Dockery v. State, 659 So. 2d 219 (1994)"] ;also : the place near or before the bench where a sidebar conference takes place [the judge informed both attorneys…that they…could stand at while questions were posed "Commonwealth v. Urena, 632 N.E.2d 1200 (1994)"] compare bench, stand sidebar adj ...
sidebar (or sidebar conference)
sidebar (or sidebar conference) a discussion between the judge and lawyers held out of earshot of the jury and spectators. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
Sidebar
Sidebar, a position at the side of a judge's bench where counsel can confer with judge beyond jury's earshot, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1386.Means the place near or before the bench where a sidebar conference takes place, Commonwealth v. Urena, 632 NE 2d 1200 (1994)....
sidebar conference
sidebar conference : a conference between the judge, the lawyers, and sometimes the parties to a case that the jury does not hear ...
bench
bench 1 : the place where a judge sits in court [asked counsel to approach the ] compare bar, dock, jury box, sidebar, stand 2 : the court or system of courts serving an area [the state ] [the federal ] 3 a : the office of a judge [appointed to the ] b : the body of persons who hold positions as judges [members of the and bar] compare bar c : a judge or panel of judges hearing a case [unless the lawyer is responding to a question from the "R. H. Bork"] ...
dock
dock [Dutch dialect docke dok pen, cage] : the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial compare bar, bench, jury box, sidebar, stand ...
jury box
jury box 1 : the usually enclosed place where the jury sits in a courtroom compare bar, bench, dock, sidebar, stand 2 : a box from which the names of prospective jurors are drawn by chance : jury wheel ...
stand
stand stood stand·ing vi 1 : to be in a particular state or situation [ accused] 2 : to remain valid or effective [let the ruling ] vt : to submit to [ trial] stand in judgment : to submit to the judgment of the court stand in the shoes of : to assume the rights or obligations of stand mute : to be effectively silent: as a : to exercise the privilege against self-incrimination (as in a trial) b : to raise no objections [the prosecution agreed to stand mute at the sentencing] stand on : to depend on esp. as the basis of an argument or claim [a party who stands on the writing as a complete and exclusive embodiment of the contract "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] n : the place taken by a witness for testifying in court [take the ] compare bar, bench, dock, sidebar ...
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