droit
Americannoun
plural
droits-
a legal right or claim.
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Finance, Rare. droits, customs duties.
noun
Etymology
Origin of droit
1470–80; < French < Late Latin dīrēctum legal right, law (noun use of neuter of Latin dīrēctus direct )
Example Sentences
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In France, they call it “le droit à la déconnexion.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024
He says that once the droit du sol has been abolished on the island, the lure will disappear.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024
“It’s about what the French call droit moral,” he says in a recent interview from his home in Los Angeles.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2020
But the way the campaign played out, with the release of the tape, it was almost as if people were talking about droit du seigneur all over again.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2016
Le ministre lui avait pris sa pi�ce, lui avait pris son droit, lui avait pris sa chose.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton
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