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ARRAIGNMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arraignment mean?
• ARRAIGNMENT (noun)
The noun ARRAIGNMENT has 1 sense:
1. a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Familiarity information: ARRAIGNMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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