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droit Definition

droit (dro̵it; Fr drwä)

noun

  1. a legal right
  2. that to which one has legal claim

Etymology: ME < OFr < ML directum, right, justice < L directus: see direct

droit Usage Examples

Converse of object

introduce: Here's how it works in some countries: France was the first country to introduce droit de suite in 1920.

Modifies a noun

  • d'auteur: This is quite a step removed from the French droit d'auteur ( the author's right ).
  • à: Blanchot, M. ( 1949 ) 'La Littérature et le droit à la mort ' .
  • français: Laferrière, Hist. du droit français, vol. ii. p. 591.
  • romain: See Mainz, Cours de droit romain, I 119, 158.

Noun used with modifier

mon: The lower motto ( the motto of the British Monarch ) reads Dieu et mon droit ( God and my right ).