stand confessed

verb

stand confessed

verb
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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