Droit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Droit \Droit\ (droit), n. [F. See {Direct}.]
     A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also,
     in old law, the writ of right. -- Abbott.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Droit d'aubaine}. See under {Aubaine}.


  
     {Droits of the Admiralty} (Eng. Law), rights or perquisites
        of the Admiralty, arising from seizure of an enemy's ships
        in port on the breaking out of war, or those coming into
        port in ignorance of hostilities existing, or from such
        ships as are taken by noncommissioned captors; also, the
        proceeds of wrecks, and derelict property at sea. The
        droits of admiralty are now paid into the Exchequer for
        the public benefit.
        [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "droit":
     appurtenance, authority, birthright, claim, conjugal right, demand,
     divine right, due, faculty, inalienable right, interest,
     natural right, power, prerogative, prescription, presumptive right,
     pretense, pretension, proper claim, property right, right, title,
     vested interest, vested right
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DROIT. A French word, which, in that language, signifies the whole 
  collection of laws, written and unwritten, and is synonymous to our word 
  law. It also signifies a right, il n'existe point de droits sans devoirs, et 
  vice versa. 1 Toull. n. 96; Poth. h.t. With us it means right, jus. Co. 
  Litt. 158. A person was said to have droit droit, plurimum juris, and 
  plurimum possessionis, when he had the freehold, the fee, and the property 
  in him. Id. 266; Crabb's H. Eng. L. 400.