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Preferred term

arraignment  

Definition

  • A pretrial stage of a criminal proceeding, when the suspect is first informed by the court of the charges against him or her. The suspect also enters his or her plea of guilty or not guilty. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Arraignment]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-SN3CMKRN-5

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