arraignment
(noun) a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
arraignment (countable and uncountable, plural arraignments)
(legal) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*raign"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement.]
1. (Law)
Definition: 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.
2. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
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