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arraign v. to bring a criminal defendant before the court at which time the charges are presented to him/her, the opportunity to enter a plea (or ask for a continuance to plead) is given, a determination of whether the party has a lawyer is made (or whether a lawyer needs to be appointed), if necessary setting the amount of bail, and future appearances are scheduled. (See: appearance, arraignment) 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, cite, complain against, criminate, denounce, denunciate, formally accuse, formally charge, formally criminate, formally incriminate, implicate, incriminate, postulare, prefer charges, prosecute See also: accuse, blame, charge, complain, denounce, prosecute How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jamie stepped in with the musical arraignments of a guitar player who grew up singing gospel hymns in one-room churches, and the Haints sound began. Hamlet," Berkeley writes, "generalizes his grandmother's weakness in arraignments of the female sex" (217). Brown, Colon, and Dwyer pleaded not guilty during their arraignments. |
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