Meaning of ARRAIGNMENT
| Pronunciation: | | u'reynmunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment |
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| | See Also: | | instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | The hearing at which the accused is brought before the court to plead to the criminal charge in the indictment. He may plead "guilty," "not guilty," or where permitted "nolo contendere." (See preliminary hearing.) |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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