arraignment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment

WordNet

Ar*raign"ment noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement.
Definitions
  1. (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.
  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.

Webster 1913