What is another word for arraignments?

Pronunciation: [ɐɹˈe͡ɪnmənts] (IPA)

Arraignments refer to the court proceeding where a person is charged with a crime and is required to enter a plea. There are several synonyms for arraignments that are commonly used in legal proceedings, including initial appearance, formal accusation, indictment, and reading of charges. These terms all describe the process of notifying an individual of the charges against them and allowing them to enter a plea. Additionally, terms like arraignment hearing, arraignment court, and arraignment docket refer to the specific time and place where the arraignment will take place. Overall, these synonyms all refer to the same important legal procedure that begins the criminal justice process for those accused of crimes.

What are the hypernyms for Arraignments?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Arraignments

That quick, wild scene in the garden was not to be put away for all those arraignments of her honest heart, although it seemed impossible, recalled there in the thin hours of that long and eventful night, like something remembered of another, not of herself.
"The Rustler of Wind River"
G. W. Ogden
Then came on arraignments, and trials, and pleadings; and the whole garrison was in a ferment about this unfortunate queue.
"Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete"
Washington Irving
Accustomed as Janet was to these frequent arraignments of her father's inefficiency, it was gradually borne in upon her now-despite a preoccupation with her own fate-that the affair thus plaintively voiced by her mother was in effect a family crisis of the first magnitude.
"The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete"
Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 5, 2009

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