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Droit

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droit

  [droit; Fr. drwa]
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–noun, plural droits  [droits; Fr. drwa] .
1. a legal right or claim.
2. droits, Finance, Rare. customs duties.
Origin:
1470–80; < F < LL dīrēctum legal right, law (n. use of neut. of L dīrēctus direct )
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droit   (droit, drwä)   
n.  

  1. A legal right.

  2. Something to which one has legal right.


[Middle English, a fee allowed by law, from Old French, right, from Late Latin dīrēctum, from neuter of Latin dīrēctus, straight; see direct.]
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