Look up: Arraignment

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   arraignment
   [n] - a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
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   arraignment
   English legal term signifying the calling of the prisoner to the bar of the court to plead `guilty` or `not guilty` to the indictment against him or her. It corresponds to the Scottish legal...
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   Arraignment
   Ar·raign'ment noun [ Confer Old French 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 ...
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   arraignment
   noun a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
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   Arraignment
   `Arraignment` is a common law term for the formal reading of a criminal complaint, in the presence of the defendant, to inform him of the charges against him. In response to arraignment, the accused is expected to enter a plea. Acceptable pleas vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but they generally include `guilty`, `not guilty`, and the peremptory pleas (or pleas in bar), which set out reasons why a trial cannot proceed. In addition, US juri...
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   Arraignment
   • (n.) A calling to an account to faults; accusation. • (n.) 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.
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   arraignment
   in Anglo-American law, first encounter of an accused person with the court prior to trial, wherein he is brought to the bar and the charges against ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/104