English-Thai Dictionary
arraignment
N การกล่าวหา accusation blame kan-klao-ha
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ARRAIGNMENT
n. 1. The act of arraigning; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an accusation, and to choose his triers.
2. Accusation.
3. A calling in question for faults.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ARRAIGNMENT
Ar *raign "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement.]
1. (Law )
Defn: 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.
2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation. In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. Dryden.
New American Oxford Dictionary
arraignment
ar raign ment |əˈrānmənt | ▶noun the action of arraigning someone in court: he's scheduled for arraignment in New York on Thursday | she pleaded not guilty at her arraignment.
Oxford Dictionary
arraignment
ar ¦raign |ment |əˈreɪnm (ə )nt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of arraigning someone in court: he's scheduled for arraignment in New York on Thursday | [ count noun ] : she pleaded not guilty at her arraignment.
Oxford Thesaurus
arraignment
arraignment noun he awaited his arraignment in his cell: indictment, accusation, denunciation, prosecution, trial, charge, summons, citation; Brit. plaint; N. Amer. impeachment, bill of indictment; N. Amer. informal beef; archaic inculpation. ANTONYMS acquittal.
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