stand confessed

verb

To be revealed.

Meanings

verbstand confessed (third-person singular simple present stands confessed, present participle standing confessed, simple past and past participle stood confessed)

present singular third person stands confessed · participle present standing confessed · participle past stood confessed · past stood confessed

  1. To be revealed.

    When it is said in the cases cited that the execution of such an instrument stood confessed as a valid contract, it was meant, of course, that it was a valid contract so far as its execution was concerned.

    1918, The Southwestern Reporter, volumes 201-202, page 600
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