Crossword clues for arraignment
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arraignment \Ar*raign"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement.]
(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.
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A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition.
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Old French araisnement, from araisnier\n(see arraign).
Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense.
WordNet
n. a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Wikipedia
Arraignment is a formal reading of a criminal charging document in the presence of the defendant to inform the defendant of the charges against the defendant. In response to arraignment, the accused is expected to enter a plea. Acceptable pleas vary among jurisdictions, but they generally include "guilty", "not guilty", and the peremptory pleas (or pleas in bar) setting out reasons why a trial cannot proceed. Pleas of " nolo contendere" (no contest) and the " Alford plea" are allowed in some circumstances.
Usage examples of "arraignment".
He briefly outlined the highlights of the arraignment, concluding with his surprise that Glitsky had not been in attendance.
Torrey tells me that this morning, Mr Hardy here referred to a videotape at the arraignment on Burgess.
Court repeated this assertion, in connection with the denial to a defendant accused of a murder of the same opportunity during the critical period between his arraignment and the impaneling of the jury.
Without being informed of the contents of the warrant or of the charge of murder on which he was being held, without arraignment or advice as to his rights and without access to family or counsel, the defendant was questioned daily by officers for periods as long as 12 hours.
We were in the holding area behind the arraignment court, where attorneys are routinely allowed access to confer with clients before court begins.
I put the differences between what Roulet had said about my hiring and what Valenzuela had told me into the bank for later consideration and made my way back into the arraignment court.
The judge informed Roulet of his constitutional rights and set an arraignment date for March 21.
From first appearance to arraignment to preliminary hearing and on to trial and then appeal, the franchise client demands hundreds if not thousands of billable hours.
Dobbs was waiting in the hallway outside the arraignment court when I got out.
I held, but I was confident that once he saw it, there would be no arraignment Monday and no case.
Roulet had said about my hiring and what Valenzuela had told me into the bank for later consideration and made my way back into the arraignment court.
Roulet of his constitutional rights and set an arraignment date for March 21.
Derringer was booked over the weekend, so his case would be called in the Justice Center arraignment court this afternoon for a release hearing.
No one wants to go to trial that quickly, so defendants routinely waive their speedy trial rights at arraignment once the pretrial release decision has been made.
I was appointed to the case at arraignment and only had so much time before the case was called.