arraigned (verb)

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• arraign — [[t]əre͟ɪn[/t]] arraigns, arraigning, arraigned VERB: usu passive If someone is arraigned on a particular charge, they are brought before a court of law to answer that charge. [LEGAL] [be V ed] She was arraigned today on charges of assault and… …   English dictionary

• arraign — verb 1) he was arraigned for murder Syn: indict for, prosecute for, put on trial for, bring to trial for, take to court for, lay/file/prefer charges against for, summons for, cite for; accuse of, charge with, incriminate with; archaic inculpate… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• arraign — verb (T) technical to make someone come to court to hear what the court says their crime is: arraigned on a charge of murder arraignment noun (C, U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• arraign — UK [əˈreɪn] / US verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms arraign : present tense I/you/we/they arraign he/she/it arraigns present participle arraigning past tense arraigned past participle arraigned legal to order someone to go to a court… …   English dictionary

• mute — I. /mjut / (say myooht) adjective 1. silent; refraining from speech or utterance. 2. not emitting or having sound of any kind. 3. incapable of speech. 4. Phonetics (of letters) silent; not pronounced. 5. (of a hound in fox hunting) not giving… …  

• accused — ac·cused /ə kyüzd/ n pl accused: a person who has been arrested for or formally charged with a crime: the defendant in a criminal case the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial U.S. Constitution amend. VI ◇ Certain rights… …   Law dictionary

• arraign — ar·raign /ə rān/ vt [Anglo French arrainer, from Old French araisnier to address, call to account, from a , prefix stressing goal of an action + raisnier to speak]: to bring (a defendant) before a judge or magistrate to hear the charges and to… …   Law dictionary

• arraign — ar|raign [ ə reın ] verb transitive usually passive LEGAL to order someone to go to a court of law to be formally charged with a crime: A 52 year old Detroit man has been arraigned on charges of murder. ╾ ar|raign|ment noun count or uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bar — [12] The history of bar cannot be traced back very far. Forms in various Romance languages, such as French barre (source of the English verb) and Italian and Spanish barra, point to a Vulgar Latin *barra, but beyond that nothing is known. The… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• bar — [12] The history of bar cannot be traced back very far. Forms in various Romance languages, such as French barre (source of the English verb) and Italian and Spanish barra, point to a Vulgar Latin *barra, but beyond that nothing is known. The… …   Word origins

• ar|raign´er — ar|raign «uh RAYN», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to bring before a law court to answer a charge: »The cashier was arraigned on a charge of stealing. SYNONYM(S): charge, indict. 2. to call in question; find fault with; accuse. –n. the act or process of… …   Useful english dictionary