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Definition of Arraignment
1. Noun. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment.
Derivative terms: Arraign
Definition of Arraignment
1. 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.
Definition of Arraignment
1. Noun. (legal) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arraignment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arraignment
Literary usage of Arraignment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief for the Trial of Criminal Cases by Austin Abbott, William Constantine Beecher (1902)
"Waiver of arraignment. And some of the courts hold that an accused, even where
the charge is for felony, may waive arraignment.1 •State v. ..."
2. The Penal code of California: Enacted in 1872; as Amended in 1889 by California, Robert Desty (1881)
"Proceedings on arraignment, when defendant Is not Indicted by bis true name.
S 990. Time allowed, and how defendant may answer on arraignment. 976. ..."
3. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1903)
"141, holding that in misdemeanor cases no arraignment is necessary. In Kentucky
and Tennessee no arraignment is necessary except in felony cases. Griffin v. ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1895)
"The term arraignment signifies the calling of defendant to the bar of the ...
But the arraignment and the plea are distinct parts of the proceeding.3 It may ..."
5. The Penal Code of California: Enacted in 1872; as Amended in 1881 by California (1881)
"Proceedings on arraignment, when defendant is not indicted by his true name. ...
arraignment necessary.—A verdict in a case where there has been neither ..."
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