Darrein

//dəˈɹeɪn// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    In the names of legal actions, pleas, writs, etc.: final, last; dernier. historical, not-comparable

    "the assize of darrein presentment"

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"the assize of darrein presentment"

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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