Arraign
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To call a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer the matter charged in the indictment.
2 Hale, PL Cr. 216.
To set in order. An assize may be arraigned.
Littleton, § 242; 3 Mod. 273; Termes de la Ley; Cowell.