Darraign
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To clear a legal account; to answer an accusation; to settle a controversy. DARREIN (Fr. dernier). Last. Darrein continuance, last continuance. DARREIN PRESENTMENT (Law Pr.) In old English law. The last presentment. See "Assize of Darrein Presentment." ant in a writ of right.
3 Mete. (Mass.) 184; Jackson, Real Actions, 285. See 1 Roscoe, Real Actions, 206; 2 Prest. Abstr. 345.
DATA (from Lat. dare, to give). In old practice and conveyancing. The date of a deed; the time when it was given; that is, executed. Bl. Comm. Append.
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The date of a writ; the time when it was issued. Bracton, fol.
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