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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

To abide; to submit to; to have force or strength; to remain, to remain in force; to appear in coui't. Stand aside: applied to a juror, means that he is not to be presently accepted but to wait until the panel is gone through, to see if there may not be a full jury without him. Stand committed: to be committed. Stand mute: upon arraignment for treason or felony, to make no answer, to answer foreign to the purpose, or, having pleaded not guilty, to refuse to put one's self on the country.