ar·raign

(ə-rān′)

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

1. Law To call (an accused person) before a criminal court to hear and answer the charge made against him or her.

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

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

ar·raign′er n.

ar·raign′ment n.

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arraignment

The bringing of an accused person to a court to answer a charge that has been made.

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Noun

arraignment - a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment

legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

arraignment

noun accusation, charge, complaint, prosecution, indictment, impeachment, denunciation, incrimination The men are scheduled for arraignment on October 5th.

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Translations

arraignment

[əˈreɪnmənt] N (Jur) → lectura f del acta de acusación

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arraignment

[əˈreɪnmənt] n (LAW) → lecture f de l'acte d'accusation

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arraignment

n (Jur) → Anklageerhebung f

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References in classic literature

There could be but one answer to this arraignment. We wait it." And still Tal Hajus stood as though electrified.

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Her innocent arraignment of his true purposes was unanswerable.

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He saw, at once, that this wily savage had some secret agency in their present arraignment before the nation, and determined to throw every possible impediment in the way of the execution of his sinister plans.

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George Peele's masque-like 'Arraignment of Paris' helps to show him as more a lyric poet than a dramatist.

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At the arraignment I pleaded 'Not guilty,' and well I might, for I was indicted for felony and burglary; that is, for feloniously stealing two pieces of brocaded silk, value #46, the goods of Anthony Johnson, and for breaking open his doors; whereas I knew very well they could not pretend to prove I had broken up the doors, or so much as lifted up a latch.

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The first case to be tried using this technology was the arraignment of Leonilo Gonzales, a suspected member of the New People's Army classified as a high-risk inmate.

Editorial / Breakthrough in courts

Maguindanao town mayor seeks deferment of arraignment !-- -- Elizabeth Marcelo (The Philippine Star) - August 20, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines Former Maguindanao governor and now Shariff Saydona Mustapha Mayor Sajid Islam Ampatuan has asked the Sandiganbayan to postpone his arraignment so he can attend the anniversary celebration of his town.

Maguindanao town mayor seeks deferment of arraignment

Olanipekun informed the court that the defendants had opted to withdraw the objection to the arraignment.

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Where an appeals panel of the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal affirmed a driver's conviction by default judgment of a civil traffic violation ("Motor Vehicle Plates for Persons with Disabilities"), there was no error, as the driver failed to appear for his scheduled arraignment.

Motor vehicles - Default judgment - Traffic infraction

The Office of the Special Prosecutor is insisting that the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division should proceed with the arraignment of Quezon City Councilor and actor Roderick Paulate for graft and falsification.

QC Councilor Paulate's arraignment pushed