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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arraignment \Ar*raign"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement.] 1. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation. [1913 Webster] In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Arraiment
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arraignment n 1: a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment