darrein.
In the names of legal actions, pleas, writs, etc.: final, last; dernier.
Meaning & usage
In the names of legal actions, pleas, writs, etc.: final, last; dernier.
the assize of darrein presentment
a plea puis darrein continuance
Where this word comes from
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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