Legal Definition and Related Resources of Arraign
Meaning of Arraign
To bring a prisoner or the accused before the court to answer the charge against him. See arraignment .
Arraign Alternative Definition
To call a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer the matter charged in the indictment. 2 Hale, P. C. 216. To set in order. An assize may be arraigned. Litt. § 242; 3 Mod. 273; Termes de la Ley; Cowell.
Synonyms of Arraign
verb
- accusare
- accuse
- accuse of wrong
- blame
- brand
- brand with reproach
- bring accusation
- bring before a court
- bring to trial
- bring up for investigation
- bring up on charges
- call before a court
- call to account
- charge
- citare
- cite
- complain against
- criminate
- denounce
- denunciate
- formally accuse
- formally charge
- formally criminate
- formally incriminate
- implicate
- incriminate
- inculpate
- postulare
- prefer charges
- prosecute
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Translate Arraign from English to Spanish
Translation of Arraign, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Incoar and other legal terms is available here.
- Incoar
- Celebrar la vista incoatoria
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Arraign in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of arraign.
Grammar
This term is a verb.
Etimology of Arraign
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late 14c., araynen, “to call to account,” also “to call up on a criminal charge,” from Old French araisnier “speak to, address; accuse (in a law court),” from Vulgar Latin *arrationare, from Latin adrationare, from ad “to” (see ad-) + *rationare, from ratio “argumentation; reckoning, calculation” (from rat-, past participle stem of reri “to reckon, calculate,” also “think” (see reason; this term is also a noun.). The unetymological -g- is a 16c. overcorrection based on reign, etc. Related: Arraigned; arraigning.
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See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police Officer
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- arraign in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- arraign in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
English Legal System: Arraign
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Arraign :
To begin a criminal *trial on indictment by calling the defendant to the bar of the court by name, reading the indictment to him, and asking him whether he is guilty or not. The defendant then pleads to the indictment, and this completes the arraignment.
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