deraign

/ dəˈreɪn /

verb

1. law to contest (a claim, suit, etc)

2. to arrange (soldiers) for battle

Other Word Forms

• deraignment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deraign¹

C13: from Old French deraisnier to defend, from Vulgar Latin ratiōnāre (unattested) to _reason

Example Sentences

Eadmer of Penwithen appeals Martin, Robert and Thomas of Penwithen, for that Robert wounded him in the head so that twenty-eight pieces of bone were extracted, and meanwhile Martin and Thomas held him; and this he offers to deraign against the said Robert as a man thereby maimed, under the court's award.

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If it had not, the question was ended; if it had, then we could proceed to deraign to those properly entitled to it.

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"Of whatever matter they shall be put in plea, they shall deraign themselves according to the law and customs of the city of London and not otherwise, because they and the citizens of London are of one and the same custom, law, and liberty."

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"Of whatsoever matter the men of Oxford be put in plea, they shall deraign themselves according to the law and custom of the city of London and not otherwise, because they and the citizens of London are of one and the same custom, law, and liberty."

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Eadmer of Penwithen appeals Martin, Robert and Thomas of Penwithen, for that Robert wounded him in the head so that twenty- eight pieces of bone were extracted, and meanwhile Martin and Thomas held him; and this he offers to deraign against the said Robert as a man thereby maimed, under the court's award.

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