ARRAIGNING
Verb
arraigning
present participle of arraign
Noun
arraigning (plural arraignings)
An arraignment.
Source: Wiktionary
ARRAIGN
Ar*raign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Arraigned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Arraigning.] Etym: [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier,
araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call
before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment.
See Reason.]
1. (Law)
Definition: To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to
the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. Blackstone.
2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or
any other tribunal.
They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. Dryden.
It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should
now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor.
Syn.
– To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce.
See Accuse.
Ar*raign", n.
Definition: Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. Blackstone.
Macaulay.
Ar*raign", v. t. Etym: [From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire.] (Old
Eng. Law)
Definition: To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel
disseizin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition