nonarraignment

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ arraignment.

Noun

nonarraignment (uncountable)

1. 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.