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arraignment

Noun

Meaning

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.

A calling to an account to faults; accusation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A 30-year-old man who badly beat up his former partner on Saturday was remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to the alleged violence upon his arraignment on Women’s Day. Source: Internet

Alexis Lebron was taken to the Wayne County Jail where he was held for CAP arraignment, to appear in Lyons Town Court. Source: Internet

Alondra Ocampo, 37, appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court for an arraignment in June 2019. Source: Internet

At Hebding’s arraignment in January, Casella argued for Hebding to be remanded, noting that Hebding had a youthful offender conviction here in 2000, but absconded to Portland, Ore. where he was homeless for a number of years and committed other offenses. Source: Internet

An arraignment has been set for 2:00pm this afternoon in Red Willow County Court for 33-year-old Alva C. Decker III of Indianola. Source: Internet

At his arraignment, he pleaded not guilty to all charges. Source: Internet

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