arraignment (noun)
1arraignment — arraign ► VERB ▪ call before a court to answer a criminal charge. DERIVATIVES arraignment noun. ORIGIN Old French araisnier, from Latin ad to + ratio reason, account …
2arraignment — I noun accusation, accusation in court, allegation of criminal wrongdoing, crimination through law enforcement, delation by criminal charges, formal accusal, imputation from criminal proceeding, incrimination, inculpation by prosecution, judicial …
3arraignment — noun see arraign …
4arraignment — noun The formal charging of a defendant with an offense …
5arraignment — noun a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment • Derivationally related forms: ↑arraign • Hypernyms: ↑legal document, ↑legal instrument, ↑official document, ↑instrument …
6arraignment — /əˈreɪnmənt/ (say uh raynmuhnt) noun 1. Law the act of arraigning. 2. a calling in question for faults; accusation …
7arraign — UK [əˈreɪn] / US verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms arraign : present tense I/you/we/they arraign he/she/it arraigns present participle arraigning past tense arraigned past participle arraigned legal to order someone to go to a court… …
8arraign — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English arreinen, from Anglo French areisner, arener, from a (from Latin ad ) + raisner to address, from Vulgar Latin *rationare, from Latin ration , ratio reason more at reason Date: 14th century 1. to call (a… …
9arraign — [ə reɪn] verb call before a court to answer a criminal charge. Derivatives arraignment noun Origin ME: from OFr. araisnier, based on L. ad to + ratio(n ) reason, account …
10arraign — verb (T) technical to make someone come to court to hear what the court says their crime is: arraigned on a charge of murder arraignment noun (C, U) …
