Last
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Latest; most recent Last will: a term, according to Lord Coke, more pioperly used where lands and tenements are devised.
In English law. Last heir: he to whom lands come by escheat for want of lawful heirs.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
n. In old English law, signifies a burden -^also, a measure of weight used for certain commodities of the bulkier sort. " Ballast," or the burden needed to trim a vessel, pei'haps includes privilege of carrying merchandise as one pleased, or that of selling by last weight.