Arraignment
21arraignment — /əˈreɪnmənt/ (say uh raynmuhnt) noun 1. Law the act of arraigning. 2. a calling in question for faults; accusation …
22arraignment — The act of bringing an accused before a court to answer the charge made against him by indictment, information, or complaint. It consists of bringing the accused into court, reading the charge to him then and there, and then calling upon him to… …
23arraignment — noun a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment • Derivationally related forms: ↑arraign • Hypernyms: ↑legal document, ↑legal instrument, ↑official document, ↑instrument …
24New York City Criminal Court — New York State Unified Court System Court of Appeals Supreme Court, Appellate Division Supreme Court Court of Claims Surrogate s Court New York City Courts (Civil, Criminal) This box …
25Michigan v. Jackson — Supreme Court of the United States Argued December 9, 1985 Decided April 1, 1986 …
26Disappearance and murder of Jessie Davis — Jessie Davis Jessie Marie Davis (May 27, 1981 June 14, 2007)[1] was a murdered, near term pregnant, 26 year old American woman first reported missing from her Lake Township, Ohio home on June 15, 2007. The case drew an extraordinary response from …
27plea — / plē/ n [Anglo French plei plai legal action, trial, from Old French plait plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum, from Latin, decision, decree, from neuter of placitus, past participle of placēre to please, be decided] 1 a: an allegation of fact… …
28Desk appearance ticket — In New York City, a desk appearance ticket (DAT) is an order to appear in county court for an arraignment. When a DAT is issued, you are considered to be under arrest from an administrative standpoint. You report to arraignment on the date shown… …
29Miranda warning — The Miranda warning (also referred to as Miranda rights) is a warning that is required to be given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial interrogation) before they are interrogated to inform them …
30Public defender — For the 1931 film featuring Boris Karloff, see The Public Defender. Public Defenders offices in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. The term public defender is primarily used to refer to a criminal defense lawyer appointed to represent people charged with …
