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 dissidence of dissent, however, filled him with uneasiness, and he abhorred Luther's denial of free will and his exaggerated notion of man's utter depravity; in short, he did nothing whatever to promote the Protestant revolt, except so far as his frank denunciation and his witty arraignment of clerical and monastic weaknesses and soulless ceremonial, especially in his Praise of Folly and Colloquies, contributed to bring the faults of the Church into strong relief, and in so far as his edition of the New Testament furnished a simple escape from innumerable theological complications.

  • 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.

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