Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Arraignment \Ar*raign"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. arraynement,
   aresnement.]
   1. (Law) The act of arraigning, or the state of being
      arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner
      before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.

   2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation.

            In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment
            of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition.
                                                  --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

arraignment
     n : a legal document calling someone to court to answer an
         indictment