arraignment

How To Use arraignment In A Sentence

• The mother is being held without bail until her arraignment, which is scheduled for tomorrow. CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2006
• What, then, is my arraignment of sovietism according to the soviet constitution? The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919
• Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom delayed Light's arraignment briefly to allow time for what he called a mandatory conference. The Charleston Gazette -
• Such objections as that the accused, at the time of the arraignment, is undergoing a sentence of a general court-martial, or that owing to the long delay in bringing him to trial he is unable to disprove the charge or to defend himself, or that his accuser was actuated by malice or is a person of bad character, or that he was released from restraint upon the charges are not proper subjects for motion prior to plea, however much they may constitute ground for a continuance or affect the questions of the truth or falsity of the charge or of the measure of punishment. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
• Most felonies are first addressed in Municipal Court for arraignments, continuance matters and preliminary hearings.
• Peele's "Arraignment of Paris, a Pastorall" is a court drama in the style of Lilly, intended to flatter the Queen, "poor in action but all the richer in gallant phrases, provided with songs, one in Italian, and with all kinds of love scenes between shepherds and shepherdesses, nymphs and terrestrial gods"; the diction is interesting, because it shows revolt from the prevailing "euphuism," and therefore Peele must be given the praise of first opposing Lilly's affected style. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant
• He also lives in Florida, he's in Las Vegas, so that will make bail somewhat more difficult for him to get, but -- the arraignment will be the first time the issue of bail is dealt with and I don't know if Las Vegas has Sunday arraignments or not. CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2007
• Court officials said there is a possibility he did not receive a summons and that his arraignment could be rescheduled.
• The rest are in custody and await arraignment.
• He hasn't even faced the formal charges of an arraignment yet.