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To stand trial

Stand \Stand\ (st[a^]nd), v. t.

  1. To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.

  2. To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand. ``Love stood the siege.''
    --Dryden.

    He stood the furious foe.
    --Pope.

  3. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.

    Bid him disband his legions, . . . And stand the judgment of a Roman senate.
    --Addison.

  4. To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.

  5. To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat. [Colloq.]
    --Thackeray.

    To stand fire, to receive the fire of arms from an enemy without giving way.

    To stand one's ground, to keep the ground or station one has taken; to maintain one's position. ``Peasants and burghers, however brave, are unable to stand their ground against veteran soldiers.''
    --Macaulay.

    To stand trial, to sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial.

Usage examples of "to stand trial".

We will find Hannah and bring her to New Jersey to stand trial for kidnapping.

He felt some irrational hope that Daneel had come to take him away, to tell him the Plan was fulfilled and he did not have to stand trial, did not have to live in the shadow of the displeasure of Linge Chen.