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Arraign

bring a prisoner to the bar of the Court to answer the matter charged upon him in the indictment. The arraignment

on the existence of facts offered in evidence and the answer to which is an opinion to be considered in light

[Medieval Latin, you may seize (the person) to (make him/her) answer the charge] : a writ or process commanding an officer

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against a defendant who has failed to make an effective answer (as because the answer is withdrawn or does not respond

definite statement : a motion that is filed before an answer and that requests the court to order the plaintiff to

: refusal or neglect by a defendant to plead or answer 2 : a judgment rendered against a defendant who refuses

response to a claim compare demurrer b : a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's claim in civil litigation NOTE: Under the

: one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a

French, from re- again + joindre to join] : an answer to a reply ;specif : the defendant's answer to the

Answerin Chancery. The statement of the defendant's case, in answer to

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