Arraignment
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ARRAIGNMENT (from Lat. ad, to, and rationare, to reason, call to account), a law term, properly denoting the calling of a person to answer in form of law upon an indictment.
Arraignment A court appearance in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and asked to respond by entering a plea.
Arraignment - The hearing at which the accused is brought before the court to plead to the criminal charge in the indictment. He may plead guilty, not guilty, or where permitted nolo contendere. (See preliminary hearing.) ...
Arraignment
(n) Arraignment is the first appearance of an accused before a judge in a criminal proceedings where in the charges against him are read to him and his plea is recorded.
ARRAIGNMENT - The initial appearance before a judge in a criminal case. At an arraignment, the charges against the defendant are read, a lawyer is appointed if the defendant cannot afford one, and the defendant's plea is entered.
Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
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Arraignment: The first court appearance after an arrest, where the charges are formally read, and you plead not guilty.
Assignment: The transfer of legal rights, such as the time left on a lease, from one person to another.
Arraignment - In criminal practice, to bring the prisoner to Court in person to answer a charge. (Where the person "pleads" either guilty or not guilty. Typically, defendants plead not guilty at arraignment. They may always change that plea.) ...
Arraignment
An initial court hearing in a criminal case where the defendant is brought before the court and read the criminal charges being brought against him or her.
Arraignment - when the defendant appears in Superior Court and enters a plea of guilty or not guilty to a felony charge.
Bail - money or other form of security given to gain a person's release from custody. A bail bond is one form of security.
arraignment - In a misdemeanor case, the initial appearance before a judge at which the criminal defendant enters a plea; in a felony case, ...
Arraignment
Appearance of the defendant in court to enter his/her plea to the charges.
Arrest
To take into custody by legal authority.
ARRAIGNMENT - Typically, the first court appearance after an arrest and release from jail on bond, where the charges are formally read, and one enters his or her plea of guilty or not guilty.
Arraignment - Appearance of the defendant in criminal court to be advised of rights and enter a plea to the charges.
arraignment: When a person that is accused of committing a crime is:
taken to court,
told about the charges, and
asked to plead "guilty" or "not guilty." ...
ARRAIGNMENT: In criminal cases to bring a person to court to answer to the criminal charges.
Arraignment
In USA criminal law, the formal appearance of an accused person to hear, and to receive a copy of, the charge against him or her, in the presence of a judge, and to then enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.
arraignment Criminal defendant's first appearance in court, held for the purpose of informing the defendant of the charges, allowing the defendant to plead guilty or not guilty, and setting bail and appointing an attorney if necessary.
Arraignment:
Appearance of the accused in court to enter his/her plea to the criminal charges.
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arraignment
n. the hearing in which a person charged with a crime is arraigned in his or her first appearance before a judge.
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Arraignment: The first court appearance of a person accused of a crime. The person is advised of his or her rights by a judge and may respond to the criminal charges by entering a plea. Usually happens the morning after a person is arrested.
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Arraignment
In criminal cases, a court hearing where the defendant is advised to the charges and asked to plead guilty or not guilty
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ARRAIGN - Arraignment of an accused consists of calling upon him by name, reading to him the charges in the arrest documents, demanding of him whether he pleads guilty or not guilty or, in misdemeanors, nolo contendere, and entering his plea.
Expanded Legal Definition of Armed RobberyArraignment In USA criminal law, the formal appearance of an accused person to hear, and to receive a copy of, the charge against him or her, in the presence of a judge, ...
On September 19, 1692, Giles Corey refused to plead at arraignment, and was subjected to peine forte et dure, a form of torture in which the subject is pressed beneath an increasingly heavy load of stones, in an attempt to make him enter a plea.
Speedy Trial Act: Federal law establishing time limits for carrying out major events, i.e. indictment, arraignment, etc., in a criminal prosecution.
Preliminary hearing - Also, preliminary examination. A hearing by a judge to determine whether a person charged with a crime should be held for trial. (See arraignment.) ...
ArraignmentThe initial step in a criminal proceeding to confirm the identity of the accused, formally read the charges, and ask how the accused pleads.
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