darrein

Examples of darrein in a sentence

• Aſſiſes of Darrein Preſentment ſhall alway be taken before the justices of the bench, and there determined, Magn.1769, Danby Pickering, The Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta to the End of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, Anno 1761....
• He bade them therefore to do homage, pay revenues and render obedience to the English king as they had previously done to the French king 'saving to us sovereignty and "darrein ressort"'.1966, H[erbert] J[ames] Hewitt, “Transfer of Territory”, in The Organization of War under Edward III 1338–62, Manchester; New York, N.Y....

Origin of darrein

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”).

Questions about darrein

What does darrein mean?

Darrein means in the names of legal actions, pleas, writs, etc.: final, last; dernier.

How do you use darrein in a sentence?

Aſſiſes of Darrein Preſentment ſhall alway be taken before the justices of the bench, and there determined, Magn.

What part of speech is darrein?

Darrein is an adjective.

How do you pronounce darrein?

Darrein is pronounced /dəˈɹeɪn/.