About The Word Arraignment
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Arraignment
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What's The Definition Of Arraignment?
[n] a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Synonyms | Synonyms for Arraignment: Related Terms | Find terms related to Arraignment: accusal | accusation | accusing | allegation | allegement | anathema | bail | bill of particulars | blame | bringing of charges | bringing to book | castigation | censure | charge | complaint | condemnation | count | damnation | decrial | delation | denouncement | denunciation | excoriation | flaying | fulmination | fustigation | impeachment | implication | imputation | indictment | information | innuendo | insinuation | lawsuit | laying of charges | pillorying | plaint | presentment | prosecution | reprehension | reproach | reprobation | skinning alive | stricture | suit | taxing | true bill | unspoken accusation | veiled accusation See Also | instrument | legal document | legal instrument | official document Arraignment In Webster's Dictionary \Ar*raign"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. arraynement,
aresnement.]
1. (Law) The act of arraigning, or the state of being
arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner
before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.
2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment
of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition.
--Dryden.
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