(n.) 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.
(n.) A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here I am president of the nation, I was voted in by the whole nation, why should I then accept an arraignment, which is by a few people?
(2) If Mladic complies with the schedule, his arraignment on Friday could bring him into the same court building as his superior during the Bosnian war, Radovan Karadzic.
(3) Shahzad was to have appeared in court today on terrorism charges but the hearing was delayed after the authorities said he waived his right to an early arraignment.
(4) That move – a prelude to an investigation of an investigation on the fringes of the commissions – was the latest meandering for a military trial that has yet to get under way two years since the defendants were arraigned.
(5) Chuck D's sideman in Public Enemy was arrested for traffic violations, unlicensed operation of a vehicle and unlawful possession of marijuana, but was released with orders to appear for arraignment.
(6) From April 1969 to March 1971, 535 juvenile offenders were arraigned before a juvenile court in Benin City, Nigeria.
(7) "He lied to me and took my son to his death," she said outside the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague, where Mladic was arraigned on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
(8) I was reminded of another recent drama, Vivienne Franzmann's The Witness , which arraigned its photographer hero for achieving fame at the expense of other people's misery.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears in Manhattan criminal court for his arraignment in May 2011.
(10) The suspects, arraigned at a four-hour closed hearing on Monday, were accused of “having helped the perpetrator in connection with the shooting attacks”, Copenhagen police said.
(11) The Russian corruption whistleblower and opposition leader, who will be formally arraigned this Wednesday for allegedly embezzling half a million dollars from a state-owned timber company in 2009, is in a peculiar bind.
(12) Tsochadzopoulos, the most senior official yet to be arraigned in connection with corruption, stands accused of funnelling the cash, initially deposited in a Swiss bank account, via offshore companies to buy two properties in Athens, including a luxury home on the capital's most expensive boulevard.
(13) At a 24 February arraignment, Ammon plans to plead not guilty, the attorney added.
(14) A third military judge, Colonel James Pohl, defied Obama's order by scheduling an arraignment for Nashiri, saying that a delay would not be "in the interest of justice".
(15) "People's courts" will be convened to arraign local commanders.
(16) Once arraigned in juvenile court on the C & P, the average case took almost 1.5 years to reach a disposition.
(17) An earlier version referred to forces arraigned, rather than ranged, against Gordon Brown.
(18) His hands in cuffs, Castro bowed his head and remained silent during his arraignment at Cleveland municipal court.
(19) Now that the grand jury has also found probable cause to charge the aforementioned officers based upon the evidence these officers who are presumed innocent until proven guilty, are now scheduled to be arraigned on July 2,” Mosby said.
(20) Majors is scheduled for arraignment in district court on Wednesday.
Defendant
Definition:
(a.) Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.
(a.) Making defense.
(n.) One who defends; a defender.
(n.) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Wales international and Port Vale defender Clayton McDonald both admitted having sex with the victim, – McDonald was found not guilty of the same charge.
(2) "What has made that worse is the disingenuous way the force has defended their actions.
(3) It arguably became too comfortable for Rodgers' team, with complacency and slack defending proving a dangerous brew.
(4) Joe, meanwhile, defends her right to say "negro" whenever she wants.
(5) Whittingdale also defended the right of MPs to use privilege to speak out on public interest matters.
(6) Madonna has defended her description of the leak of 13 unfinished demos from her forthcoming album as “a form of terrorism” and “artistic rape”.
(7) After an introductory note on primary preventive intervention of breast cancer during adulthood, the author defends and extends a hypothesis that relates most of the known risk factors for this disease to the development of preneoplastic lesions in the breast.
(8) Defendants on legal aid will no longer be able to choose their solicitor.
(9) All 17 candidates are going to be participating in debate night and I think that’s a wonderful opportunity Reince Priebus Republican party officials have defended the decision to limit participation, pointing out that the chasing pack will get a chance to debate separately before the main event.
(10) In mitigation, Gareth Jones, defending, said: "The first comment [he] wrote was in relation to Fabrice Muamba.
(11) "The Texas attorney general's office will continue to defend the Texas legislature's decision to prohibit abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving taxpayer dollars through the Women's Health Program."
(12) The philosopher defended his actions by referring to Pierre Bourdieu's concept of symbolic violence, naturally enough, but it didn't wash with HR.
(13) Later, Lucas, also a former party leader, strongly defended Bennett, saying it was a “bad day for Natalie” but there was also “kind of a gloating tone that strikes one as having something to do with her being a woman in there too”.
(14) Free speech has protected hate speech, and opponents of censorship have consistantly defended the rights of unscrupulous populists and incendiarists.
(15) "You could understand why I need another central defender," Mourinho said afterwards.
(16) The concept of a head of state as a "defender" of any sort of faith is uncomfortable in an age when religion is again acquiring a habit of militancy.
(17) Abe Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League, a vigorous defender of Israel, called the speech “ill-advised”.
(18) Everton ended with 10 men after Seamus Coleman limped off with all three substitutes deployed but there was no late flourish from a visiting team who, with Fernando replacing Kevin De Bruyne after the Irish defender’s departure, appeared content to settle for 1-2.
(19) "I never expected to get 100 caps and have the reception I did," said the Chelsea defender.
(20) He is shadow home secretary and will have to defend himself.