Arraign \Ar*raign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arraigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arraigning}.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See {Reason}.] 1. (Law) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. --Blackstone.
2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. --Dryden.
It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. --I. Taylor.
Syn: To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See {Accuse}.
Arraign \Ar*raign"\, n. Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. --Blackstone. Macaulay.
Arraign \Ar*raign"\, v. t. [From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire.] (Old Eng. Law) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
A number of state courts arraign defendants by phone, and in some courts, lawyers are allowed to file lawsuits by facsimile, Sellers said.