Today's arraignment hearing offers the defendant his first opportunity to state his case personally.
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Arraignment
//əˈɹeɪnmənt//
Synonyms for "arraignment" (49 found)
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19 translations across 15 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- aanklag noun (charging of a defendant)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 傳訊 /传讯 noun (charging of a defendant)
Dutch
1 entries- voorgeleiding noun (charging of a defendant)
Finnish
1 entries- syytteenluku noun (charging of a defendant)
French
1 entries- lecture de l'acte d'accusation noun (charging of a defendant)
German
2 entries- Anklage noun (charging of a defendant)
- Anklageverlesung noun (charging of a defendant)
Hungarian
1 entries- vádemelés noun (charging of a defendant)
Japanese
2 entries- アレインメント noun (charging of a defendant)
- 罪状認否 noun (charging of a defendant)
Norwegian
1 entries- tiltale noun (charging of a defendant)
Portuguese
1 entries- processo noun (charging of a defendant)
Russian
1 entries- предъявле́ние обвине́ния noun (charging of a defendant)
Spanish
2 entries- acusación noun (charging of a defendant)
- orden de comparecencia noun (charging of a defendant)
Swedish
1 entries- anklagelse noun (charging of a defendant)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagbasa ng sakdal noun (charging of a defendant)
Turkish
2 entries- itham noun (charging of a defendant)
- suçlama noun (charging of a defendant)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I've arranged for your arraignment in one hour.
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Arraignment is set for October 20th.
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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.
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