In English law, the Assize of darrein presentment ("last presentation") was an action brought to enquire who was in fact the last patron to present a benefice to a church then vacant, of which the plaintiff complained that he was deforced or unlawfully deprived by the defendant. The action was related to the aristocratic privilege often associated with a fee, of the right to appoint a parson to a particular parish.

It was one of the so-called "petty assizes" established by the Assize of Clarendon by Henry II in 1166. Like the other two assizes, it was abolished in 1833.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Assize of novel disseisin
• Assize of mort d'ancestor
• Advowson

[edit] Further reading

• Sutherland, Donald W. The Assize of Novel Disseisin. Oxford University Press. 21 June 1973. ISBN 0198224109.
• Pollock, Sir Frederick and Frederic William Maitland. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2nd edition. 30 Sept 1996. ISBN 1886363226.

[edit] References

1. ^ This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.