arraigner

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ar·raign

(ə-rān′)

tr.v. ar·raigned, ar·raign·ing, ar·raigns

1. Law To call (an accused person) before a criminal court to hear and answer the charge made against him or her.

2. To call to account; accuse: "Johnson arraigned the modern politics of this country as entirely devoid of all principle" (James Boswell).

[Middle English arreinen, from Old French araisnier, from Vulgar Latin *adratiōnāre, to call to account : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin ratiō, ratiōn-, account; see reason.]

ar·raign′er n.

ar·raign′ment n.

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(1.) The vendor working with Oakland County developed a commercial version of OakVideo that is being marketed as Curiax Arraigner. For further product information, see the Simtrol Web site at www.simtrol.com.