See also:

• ARRAIGNMENT (from Lat. ad, to, and rationare, to reason, call to account)

ARRAIGNMENT (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. ad, to, and rationare, to See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason, See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call to See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account)  , a See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• TERM

term, properly denoting the calling of a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of law upon an See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment . After a true See also:

• BILL

bill has been found against a prisoner by the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• JURY

jury, he is called by name to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, the indictment is read over to him, and he is asked whether he be guilty or not of the offence charged . This is the See also:

• ARRAIGNMENT (from Lat. ad, to, and rationare, to reason, call to account)

arraignment . Formerly, it was usual to require the prisoner to hold up his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to identify him the more completely, but this practice is now obsolete, as well as that of asking him how he will be tried . His plea in answer to the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge is then entered, or a plea of not guilty is entered for him if he stands See also:

• MUTE (Lat. tnutus, dumb)

mute of malice and refuses to plead, If a person is mute by the visitation of See also:

• GOD

God (i.e. See also:

• DEAF

deaf and dumb), it will be no bar to an arraignment if intelligence can be conveyed to him by signs or symbols . If he pleads guilty, See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence may be passed forthwith; if he pleads not guilty, he is then given in charge to a jury of twelve men to inquire into the truth of the indictment . He may also plead in See also:

• ABATEMENT (derived through the French abattre, from the Late Latin battere, to beat)

abatement, or to the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction, or demur on a point of law . Several defendants, except those enti1ed to the See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege of See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage, charged on the same indictment, are arraigned together . In Scots law the term for arraignment is calling the See also:

• DIET

diet . The Clerk of Arraigns is a subordinate officer attached to See also:

• ASSIZE

assize courts and to the Old See also:

• BAILEY (said to be a corruption of Ballium by some, and derived by others from the Fr. baille, a corruption of bataille, because there the soldiers were drilled in battle array)
• BAILEY, NATHAN
• BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES (1816-1902)
• BAILEY, SAMUEL (1791-1870)

Bailey . He is appointed by the clerk of assize (see ASSIZE) and acts as his See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy . He assists at the arraignment of prisoners, and puts the formal questions to the jury when delivering their See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict .