ARRAIGNMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("arraignment" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Derivation:

arraign (call before a court to answer an indictment)

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