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Arraignment vs. Indictment
Arraignment
/ə'reɪnmənt/Examples:
The defendant awaits his court arraignment on Friday.She was nervous about her first arraignment in court.His lawyer prepared him thoroughly for the arraignment.
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Indictment
/ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/Examples:
"I am innocent of the crime as charged in the indictment.The indictment is fair.After months of investigation, the indictment was finally issued.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- An arraignment is a court proceeding; remember arrange in arraignment as it arranges the legal proceedings.
- Indictment is related to being formally charged; think of dict, like dictate, meaning to formally say something.
- Arraignment happens after indictment, so the two words are in sequence: first indictment, then arraignment.
- An arraignment usually involves reading charges; remember read starts like arr in arraignment.
- Indictment sounds more like indicate — it indicates formal charges.
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