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droit |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {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.
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