darrein
adj/dəˈɹeɪn/ · /ˈdæɹeɪn/
Etymology From Anglo-Norman derreyn, dreyn; from Old French darrein, darrain (Modern French dernier); from an assumed Late Latin *deretrānus (“to hinder”), from dē (“from, away from”) + retrō (“back, backwards; before, formerly”).
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Law Historical In the names of legal actions, pleas, writs, etc.: final, last; dernier.
- the assize of darrein presentment
- a plea puis darrein continuance
4 more examples
- darrein resort
- The. xiii. Chap. Asſyſes of darreyn preſentement ſhalbe taken alway before our iuſtices of the benche / and there ſhalbe determyned.1534, George Ferrers, transl., The Boke of Magna Carta, with Diuers other Statutes, whose Names Appere in the nexte Lefe folowynge, Translated into Englyshe, London: Imprynted at London: In Fletestrete, by me Robert Redman, dwellyng at the sygne of the George, nexte to Saynt Dunstones church, →OCLC, Magna Carta, chapter 13:
- Therefore Ultima resolutio est gladius, War is the darrein resort of every wise and good Prince; unto which his Majesty was necessitated, they being the first Aggressors, and that upon such clear and pregnant evidence, as no King ever undertook a more just War.1672, William de Britaine, The Interest of England in the Present War with Holland. By the Author of The Dutch Usurpation, London: Printed for Jonathan Edwin, at the three Roses in Ludgate-street, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2016, page 9:
- [A] Man ſhall have Aſſiſe of Darrein Preſentment, although he nor his Anceſtors do preſent to the laſt Avoidance: As if the Tenant for Life or for Years, or in Dower, or by the Courteſy, ſuffer a Uſurpation unto a Church, &c. and die, he in the Reverſion, who is Heir unto the Anceſtor who laſt preſented, ſhall have an Aſſiſe of Darrein Preſentment, if he be diſturbed.1718, Anthony Fitzherbert, translated by William Hughes, The New Natura Brevium of the most Reverend Judge, Mr. Anthony Fitz-Herbert. Whereunto are Added, the Authorities in Law, and some other Cases and Notes Collected by the Translator out of the Year-Books and Abridgments. With a New and Exact Table of the most Material Things Contained therein, 6th edition, In the Savoy [London]: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer Esq.;) for R. Gosling at the Mitre and Crown, over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street, →OCLC, page 69: