arraignment

English

Etymology

From arraign +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹeɪnmənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

arraignment (countable and uncountable, plural arraignments)

1. (law) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense; in many jurisdictions it includes their response in the form of a plea, typically as guilty, not guilty, or no contest.
   • 2020 March 11, Jan Ransom, “Harvey Weinstein’s Stunning Downfall: 23 Years in Prison”, in New York Times‎:

     This process, Mr. Rothfeld said, could be interrupted at any moment if prosecutors in Los Angeles successfully extradite him for an arraignment on the sexual assault charges there.

   • 2023 March 30, William K. Rashbaum, “This is what will happen when Trump is arrested in the coming days.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     […] — the indictment will remain sealed until his expected arraignment on Tuesday, when the charges will be formally revealed.

Derived terms

• nonarraignment
• rearraignment

Translations

charging of a defendant

Afrikaans: aanklag Chinese: Mandarin: 傳訊 / 传讯 (zh) (chuánxùn) Dutch: voorgeleiding (nl) f Finnish: syytteenluku French: lecture de l'acte d'accusation f German: Anklage (de) f, Anklageverlesung f Hungarian: vádemelés (hu) Japanese: 罪状認否 (zaijō nimpi), アレインメント (areinmento) Norwegian: tiltale (no) m Portuguese: processo (pt) m Russian: предъявле́ние обвине́ния n (predʺjavlénije obvinénija) Spanish: acusación (es) f, orden de comparecencia f Swedish: anklagelse (sv) Tagalog: pagbasa ng sakdal Turkish: itham (tr), suçlama (tr)

See also

• indictment

Further reading

• arraignment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia