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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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