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database. A compilation of information arranged in a systematic way and offering a means of finding specific  elements  it contains,  often  today  by  electronic  means.  •  Unless  the  information itself is original, a database is not protected by U.S. copyright law. Elsewhere, it may be protected as a distinct class of “literary works,” or it may be the…

darrein seisin (dar-ayn see-zin), n.[French “last seisin”] Hist. A tenant’s plea in a writ of right. See SEISIN. [Blacks Law 8th]

date rape.See RAPE. [Blacks Law 8th]

darrein  continuance  (dar-ayn  k<<schwa>>n-tin-yoo-<<schwa>>nts),  n.[fr.  French  dernier continuance “the last continuance”] Hist. Every plea of a new matter after the last entry of a plea on  the  record.  •  Every  entry  of  a  pleading  after  the  first  pleading  on  the  record  was  called  a continuance. — Also spelled dareyne continuance. [Blacks Law 8th]

darrein (dar-ayn), adj.[fr. French dernier “the last”] The last, as in darrein presentment (“the last  presentment”).  See  DARREIN  CONTINUANCE;  assize  of  darrein  presentment  under ASSIZE(8). [Blacks Law 8th]

darraign  (d<<schwa>>-rayn),  vb.[fr.  Latin  derationare;  fr.  French  disrener]  Hist.  1.To displace; to disarrange. 2. To respond to an accusation; to settle a dispute. — Also spelled deraign; dereyne. [Blacks Law 8th]

DARPA.abbr.DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY. [Blacks Law 8th]

dare ad remanentiam (dair-ee ad rem-<<schwa>>-nen-shee-<<schwa>>m), vb.[Latin “to give in fee or forever”] To transfer (esp. a remainder) in fee or forever. [Blacks Law 8th]

dare  (dair-ee),  vb.[Latin  “to  give”]  Roman  law.  1.  To  give;  to  transfer  (something,  esp. property). • The transfer can be made to discharge a debt, to create an obligation, or to make a gift. 2. To appoint a representative. [Blacks Law 8th]

Darden hearing.Criminal procedure. An ex parte proceeding to determine whether disclosure of  an  informer’s  identity  is  pertinent  to  establishing  probable  cause  when  there  is  otherwise insufficient evidence to establish probable cause apart from the arresting officer’s testimony about an informer’s communications. • The defense attorney may be excluded from the hearing but can usu. submit…