Arraign1. (v. t.) To call into court to answer a charge or indictment; to set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.
2. (v. t.) To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.
3. (n.) Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.
4. (v. t.) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
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