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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arraignment \Ar*raign"ment\, n. [Cf. OF arraynement aresnement.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arraignment n : a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
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