droit
a legal right or claim.
droits, Finance, Rare. customs duties.
Origin of droit
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How to use droit in a sentence
I’m all for artists benefiting from their creativity, and while the droit de suite has been discussed in this country on many occasions, it has been impossible to adopt for a variety of reasons.
“I’ve Been Working My Ass Off for You to Make that Profit?” (Ep. 485) | Stephen J. Dubner | December 9, 2021 | FreakonomicsIn a lawsuit, documented here, Rogers is charged with exercising what might be called droit du seigneur.
Notre sang nous sera ung secong baptme, par quoy sans aucun empeschement, nous irons avec les autres martyrs droit en paradis.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdRevue catholique des institutions et du droit, August, 1886.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole FranceDurand de Maillane, Dictionnaire de droit canonique, 1770, vol.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole France
A certain Marquis de Vibraye threw into prison a peasant who refused to pay the droit de cens.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) | John MorleySee Nys, "Les origines du droit international," pp. 381 and 382.
International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) | Lassa Francis Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for droit
/ (drɔɪt, French drwa) /
a legal or moral right or claim; due
Origin of droit
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