sidebar

noun | \ ˈsīd-ˌbär \ | side·bar

1. : sidebar conference had failed to request a sidebar before injecting the collateral offense into the trial —Dockery v. State, 659 So. 2d 219 (1994) also : the place near or before the bench where a sidebar conference takes place the judge informed both attorneys…that they…could stand at sidebar while questions were posed —Commonwealth v. Urena, 632 N.E.2d 1200 (1994) — compare bench, stand : the place near or before the bench where a sidebar conference takes place the judge informed both attorneys…that they…could stand at sidebar while questions were posed —Commonwealth v. Urena, 632 N.E.2d 1200 (1994) — compare bench, stand