deraign


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deraign

(dəˈreɪn) or

darraign

vb (tr)
1. (Law) law to contest (a claim, suit, etc)
2. (Military) to arrange (soldiers) for battle
[C13: from Old French deraisnier to defend, from Vulgar Latin ratiōnāre (unattested) to reason]
deˈraignment, darˈraignment n
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deraign


Past participle: deraigned
Gerund: deraigning

Imperative
deraign
deraign
Present
I deraign
you deraign
he/she/it deraigns
we deraign
you deraign
they deraign
Preterite
I deraigned
you deraigned
he/she/it deraigned
we deraigned
you deraigned
they deraigned
Present Continuous
I am deraigning
you are deraigning
he/she/it is deraigning
we are deraigning
you are deraigning
they are deraigning
Present Perfect
I have deraigned
you have deraigned
he/she/it has deraigned
we have deraigned
you have deraigned
they have deraigned
Past Continuous
I was deraigning
you were deraigning
he/she/it was deraigning
we were deraigning
you were deraigning
they were deraigning
Past Perfect
I had deraigned
you had deraigned
he/she/it had deraigned
we had deraigned
you had deraigned
they had deraigned
Future
I will deraign
you will deraign
he/she/it will deraign
we will deraign
you will deraign
they will deraign
Future Perfect
I will have deraigned
you will have deraigned
he/she/it will have deraigned
we will have deraigned
you will have deraigned
they will have deraigned
Future Continuous
I will be deraigning
you will be deraigning
he/she/it will be deraigning
we will be deraigning
you will be deraigning
they will be deraigning
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been deraigning
you have been deraigning
he/she/it has been deraigning
we have been deraigning
you have been deraigning
they have been deraigning
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been deraigning
you will have been deraigning
he/she/it will have been deraigning
we will have been deraigning
you will have been deraigning
they will have been deraigning
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been deraigning
you had been deraigning
he/she/it had been deraigning
we had been deraigning
you had been deraigning
they had been deraigning
Conditional
I would deraign
you would deraign
he/she/it would deraign
we would deraign
you would deraign
they would deraign
Past Conditional
I would have deraigned
you would have deraigned
he/she/it would have deraigned
we would have deraigned
you would have deraigned
they would have deraigned
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The landowner argued that the lands at issue were salt marshes and not river, that his title deraigned from a swamp deed issued by the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund based on a swamp land patent from the federal government, that this deed contained a legal description which included the lands at issue, and that the deed was therefore proof that the United States and Florida considered these lands to be swamp lands and not sovereignty lands.