Law And Order Vocabulary

noun a legal procedure in which a person accused of a crime is formally charged and brought before a court

• The defendant's arraignment is scheduled for next Monday.
• They're arraigning him in court next week.
• He's getting arraigned on Monday.
• The arraignment of his actions by society was swift and harsh.

noun a bond or obligation entered into before a court or magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act

• The judge released the defendant on his own recognizance.
• The cop let me go on my own recognizance.
• I got out of jail on my own recog.
• She kept her promises out of a sense of moral recognizance.

noun a legal action by which a decision is referred back to the court that made it

verb to send back or refer a case to another court or authority for further consideration

• The judge decided to remand the suspect to custody until the trial.
• They're going to remand him in jail until the court date.
• They're gonna lock him up until his court date.
• Her emotions were remanded to the depths of her heart, never to be revealed.

noun the act of adjudicating

• The adjudicature of the case was handled by a panel of judges.
• The adjudicature process can be quite lengthy and complex.
• I heard the adjudicature for that lawsuit got postponed again.
• In the court of public opinion, his actions faced a harsh adjudicature.