Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arraignment"
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) 1.7 (wn)
arraignment
n : a legal document calling someone to court to answer an
indictment
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