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Definition: Arraignment |
ArraignmentNoun1. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "arraignment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
Etymology: Arraignment \Ar*raign"ment\, noun. [Compare to Old French arraynement, aresnement.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Law | A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Guilty and Not Guilty Pleas
If the defendant pleads guilty an evidentiary hearing usually follows. The court is not required to accept a guilty plea. During that hearing the judge will assess the offense, mitigating factors, and the defendant's character; and then pass sentence. If the defendant pleads not guilty, a date will be set for a preliminary hearing.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Arraignment."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accusation | Denunciation, denouncement; libel, challenge, citation, arraignment; impeachment, appeachment; indictment, bill of indictment, true bill; lawsuit; condemnation. |
Lawsuit | Citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation; presentment, true bill, indictment. |
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Lyrics | At my arraignment, note for the plantiff (Hypnotize; performing artist: The Notorious B.I.G.) | |
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Civil Liberties | Tunisia | On July 5, at the first arraignment hearing for Sihem Bensedrine after her arrest, a number of her supporters appeared at the court and were allowed into the corridors of the courthouse. (references) |
Human Rights | Sweden | The law requires arraignment within 48 hours. (references) |
Tunisia | Detainees have the right to be represented by counsel during arraignment. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Chile | On July 25, in Temuco between 500 and 1,000 persons protested the arraignment of indigenous people accused of illegal land seizures and the execution of a search warrant and confiscation of evidence in the offices of an indigenous activist organization. (references) |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | I shall think it my duty to lay before you the proceedings and the evidence publicly exhibited on the arraignment of the principal offenders before the circuit court of Virginia. |
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| "Arraignment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Arraignment" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "arraignment": re-arraignment. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
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| Language | Translations for "arraignment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lexim i aktpadisë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إتهام (accusation, complaint, delation, denunciation, impeachment, indictment), إستدعاء إلى المحكمة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обвинение (accusal, accusation, charge, crimination, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, information, reproach), призоваване на съд. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | obžaloba (charge, indictment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | akte van beschuldiging (bill of indictment, charge, indictment), tenlastelegging (accusal, accusation, charge, complaint, indictment), telastelegging (accusation, bill of indictment, charge, indictment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syytekirjelmä (bill of indictment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acte d'accusation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Anklageverlesung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλήση (call, calling, evisceration, evocation, subpoena, summons), καταγγελία (complaint, denouncement, denunciation, impeachment, indictment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vádirat (accusation, bill, document, indictment), vád alá helyezés (committing), megvádolás (incrimination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tuduhan (calumny, impeachment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | atto d'accusa (bill of indictment, charge, indictment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | loghtaghey (arraign, fault-finding, reprobation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arraignmentay acusação (accusal, accusation, complaint, denouncement, denunciation, indictment, plaint, prosecution). (various references) acuzare (accusation, accusing, charge, denouncement, denunciation, guilt, impeachment, imputation, inculpation, indictment), trimitere în judecatã. (various references) привлечение к суду (impeachment). (various references) optužba (accusation, charge, crimination). (various references) acusación (accusal, accusation, charge, complaint, delation, impeachment, indictment, prosecution, rap). (various references) åtalsakt (bill of indictment, charge, indictment). (various references) การกล่าวหา. (various references) suçlama (accusal, accusation, accusing, blame, blaming, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, crimination, denunciation, excoriation, impeachment, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, plaint, rap, reproach), kabahat yükleme, davanın sanığa tebliği. (various references) різка критика, причіпка (caption, cavil, chicane, chicanery, nag, nagging, nip), притягнення до суду. (various references) sự thưa kiện sự công kích, sự tố cáo (delation, denouncement, denunciation, rebutment, rebuttal), sự buộc tội (accursal, accusation, incrimination, inculpation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "arraignment": arraignments. (additional references) | |
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"Arraignment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: araignment, arraingment, arrainment, arriagnment, arriangment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "arraignment" (pronounced erā"nmunt) |
| 6 | -ā" n m u n t | attainment, containment, entertainment, infotainment. |
| 5 | -n m u n t | abandonment, adjournment, adornment, alignment, apportionment, assignment, atonement, confinement, consignment, discernment, disillusionment, enlightenment, environment, imprisonment, internment, misgovernment, nongovernment, postponement, realignment, reapportionment, reassignment, refinement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjustment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, argument, armament, arrangement, assessment, assortment, astonishment, attachment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, reappointment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-m-n-n-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: emanating, manganite, margarine, margarite, marginate, narrating. | |
-3 letters: aerating, agminate, anearing, animater, emigrant, enigmata, inerrant, margarin, marinate, marriage, rearming, remating, renaming, trainman, trainmen, trimaran. | |
-4 letters: aginner, amentia, amirate, anergia, angrier, animate, anteing, antigen, antiman, armiger, arraign, arrange, earning, earring, engrain, entrain, garment, gateman, gentian, germina, grainer, granita, granite, grannie, granter, gratine, grinner, ingrate, magenta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-m-n-n-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: arraignments. | |
+2 letters: intermarginal. | |
+3 letters: disarrangement. | |
+4 letters: antiferromagnet, disarrangements, fragmentariness, remanufacturing. | |
+5 letters: antiferromagnets, premanufacturing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 72 61 69 67 6E 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. .-. .- .. --. -. -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01110010 01100001 01101001 01100111 01101110 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r r a i g n m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0072 0061 0069 0067 006E 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3584846775738079718086 |
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