CLERK OF ARRAIGNS

clerk of arraigns (<<schwa>>-raynz).Hist. A deputy of the clerk of assize responsible for arraigning defendants and putting the formal questions to the jurors as they deliver their verdict. • The office was abolished in England in 1946. CLERK OF ASSIZEclerk of assize (<<schwa>>-sIz).Hist. An assize associate responsible for record-keeping and other clerical and administrative functions. See ASSOCIATE(3). [Blacks Law 8th]