Ar*raign"ment (#), n. [Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement.]
1. Law
The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.
2.
A calling to an account to faults; accusation.
In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition.
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.