arraignment

English

Etymology

arraign +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈɹeɪnmənt/

Noun

arraignment (countable and uncountable, plural arraignments)

(law) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense.
- 2020 March 11, Jan Ransom, “Harvey Weinstein’s Stunning Downfall: 23 Years in Prison”, in New York Times‎:
  This process, Mr. Rothfeld said, could be interrupted at any moment if prosecutors in Los Angeles successfully extradite him for an arraignment on the sexual assault charges there.

Translations

charging of a defendant

Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳訊／传讯 (zh) (chuánxùn)
Dutch: voorgeleiding (nl) f
Finnish: syytteenluku
French: lecture de l'acte d'accusation f
German: Anklage (de) f, Anklageverlesung f
Hungarian: vádemelés (hu)
Japanese: 罪状認否 (zaijō-nimpi), アレインメント (areinmento)
Norwegian: tiltale (no) m
Portuguese: processo (pt) m
Russian: предъявле́ние обвине́ния n (predʺjavlénije obvinénija)
Spanish: acusación (es) f, orden de comparecencia f
Swedish: anklagelse (sv)
Tagalog: pagbasa ng sakdal
Turkish: itham (tr), suçlama (tr)

Further reading

arraignment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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