stand confessed

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

1. To be revealed.
   • 1918, The Southwestern Reporter, volumes 201-202, page 600:

     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.

• stand corrected