Definitions for: Arraignment


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



Webster (1913) 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.

See Also: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document

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