Arraignment Definition

noun
The first step in a criminal prosecution wherein the defendant is formally advised of the charges against him. This is done by reading the charges to the defendant or by giving them a copy of the charges. The defendant is also advised of his rights (for example, the right to plead not guilty and to have a jury trial) and enters a plea, and the amount of bail (if bail is not denied) is determined.
Webster's New World Law

(law) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense.

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Singular:
arraignment
Plural:
arraignments

Arraignment Sentence Examples

  • Her arraignment date is set for January of 2009.

  • The only speech he made was a skilful and temperate arraignment of President Grant's policy towards the South.

  • Dr. Murray surrendered on his own volition to the Los Angeles police department for his arraignment.

  • The book, a caustic arraignment of the course taken in connexion with the annexation of Texas and the war with Mexico, made a strong impression, and the political philosophy secreted in its lines became a part of household literature.

  • They speedily relapsed into crime; their numbers, as the years passed, became so great and their depredations so serious, especially in garrotte robberies, that a cry of indignation was raised against the system, which led to its arraignment before a select committee of the House of Commons in 1863.

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