droit

Droit \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.
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   {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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DROIT. A French word, which, in that language, signifies the whole 
collection of laws, written and unwritten, and is synonymous to our word 
law. It also signifies a right, il n'existe point de droits sans devoirs, et 
vice versa. 1 Toull. n. 96; Poth. h.t. With us it means right, jus. Co. 
Litt. 158. A person was said to have droit droit, plurimum juris, and 
plurimum possessionis, when he had the freehold, the fee, and the property 
in him. Id. 266; Crabb's H. Eng. L. 400. 
    

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "droit":
      appurtenance, authority, birthright, claim, conjugal right, demand,
      divine right, due, faculty, inalienable right, interest,
      natural right, power, prerogative, prescription, presumptive right,
      pretense, pretension, proper claim, property right, right, title,
      vested interest, vested right