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Arraignment

Arraignment Meaning & Definition
Arraignment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Arraignment?

[n] a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment

Synonyms | Synonyms for Arraignment:

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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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