nonarraignment
English edit
Etymology edit
non- + arraignment
Noun edit
nonarraignment (uncountable)
- Absence of arraignment.
- 1974, Washington (State). Court of Appeals, Washington Appellate Reports, volume 12, page 171:
- A criminal defendant who has actual knowledge of charges may waive his right to arraignment on those charges by failing to object to nonarraignment and proceeding through a full trial on the merits as if he had entered a plea of not guilty thereto.