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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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