stand up in court



stand up in court

[for a case] to survive a test in a court of law. Do you think that this case will stand up in court? These charges will never stand up in court. They are too vague.
See also: court, stand, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PlatoPLAY-to (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Pattie['pæti]
Anica-Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Dagney-Various
Marcianus-Ancient Roman
BjarneBYAHR-ne (Danish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish