Arraigner

ar·raign  (-rn)

tr.v. ar·raigned, ar·raign·ing, ar·raigns

1. Law To call (an accused person) before a court to answer the charge made against him or her by indictment, information, or complaint.

2. To call to account; accuse: "Johnson arraigned the modern politics of this country as entirely devoid of all principle" (James Boswell).

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[Middle English arreinen, from Old French araisnier, from Vulgar Latin *adratinre, to call to account : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin rati, ratin-, account; see reason.]

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ar·raigner n.

ar·raignment n.