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Arraignment vs Impeachment - What's the difference?

arraignment | impeachment |

As nouns the difference between arraignment and impeachment

is that arraignment is (legal) the formal charging of a defendant with an offense while impeachment is the act of impeaching a public official, either elected or appointed, before a tribunal charged with determining the facts of the matter.

arraignment

English

Noun

(wikipedia arraignment) (en noun)
  • (legal) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense.
  • impeachment

    English

    Alternative forms

    * empeachment (obsolete)

    Noun

    (wikipedia impeachment) (en noun)
  • The act of impeaching a public official, either elected or appointed, before a tribunal charged with determining the facts of the matter
  • the state of being impeached
  • a demonstration in a court of law, or before another finder of fact, that a witness was ingenuine before, and therefore, is less likely to tell the truth now
  • (obsolete) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Willing to march on to Calais, / Without impeachment .