arraignment

[ uh-reyn-muh nt ]

/ əˈreɪn mənt /

an act of arraigning or the state of being arraigned.

a calling into question or a finding fault, especially with respect to the value or virtue of something; critical examination.

Origin of arraignment

1400–50; late Middle English arainement < Middle French araisnement. See arraign, -ment

non·ar·raign·ment, noun

arr., arracacha, arrack, arrah, arraign, arraignment, arran, arrange, arrangement, arrangements, arrant

His attorney says he will be pleading not guilty at his arraignment in December.

Rape, Lies & Videotape in Ferguson |Michael Daly |November 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The arraignment ended with us being everything we truly are and nothing we are really not.

Gripping His Koran, Anas al-Liby Has His Day in Court |Michael Daly |October 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The arraignment concluded as usual, with the exception of the judge inquiring about classified material.

Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Is Arraigned Just Blocks From the Twin Towers |Michael Daly |March 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The arraignment of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was just another hearing in Manhattan federal court.

Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Is Arraigned Just Blocks From the Twin Towers |Michael Daly |March 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Prosecutors planned to ask that bail be set at $100,000, and an arraignment date will be determined later.

Pendleton Marines’ Car Crash Raises Questions of Alcohol Abuse in Military |Jamie Reno |June 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The first of these was an arraignment of the mechanical spirit of the age.

From Chaucer to Tennyson |Henry A. Beers
In his speeches there was no challenge, no vituperation, no irony, no arraignment.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 |Elbert Hubbard
This observation, more profound perhaps than she herself was aware, is an arraignment of pedantry in execution.

The Mind of the Artist |Various
This arraignment of his memory was in pure jest, for the doctor's mind was to the end like an unclouded crystal.

Ponkapog Papers |Thomas Bailey Aldrich
He looked fixedly at Firmstone, as he ended his arraignment.

Blue Goose |Frank Lewis Nason