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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

The literal meaning of the word seems to be, to disorder or displace, as deraignment out of religion; stat 31, Hen. VIII, c.

6.

But it is generally used in the common law for to prove, as, to deraign the warranty; Clanv., lit'.

2, c 6.

See Jacob L. Diet, where the word is discussed. It is used as referring to a decree "which deraigns his title from a false source."

Paxson v. Brown, 61 Fed. 874, 884, 10 <". 0. A. 135.