See Also: AUTER DROIT, or more properly, Autre Droit, another's right(law)
AUTER DROIT, or more properly, Autre Droit, another' s right(law)
DROIT(law)
Le Droit(finance)
droit(2)(dictionary)
droit(1)(dictionary)
Dieu et mon droit(dictionary)
DROIT-CLOSE(law)
IN AUTRE DROIT(law)
MONSTRANS DE DROIT(law)

DROIT (law)


DROIT. A French word, which, in that language, signifies the whole collection of laws, written and unwritten, and is synonymous to our word 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 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. 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 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 plurimum possessionis, when he had the freehold, the fee, and the property in him. Id. 266; Crabb' s H. Eng. L. 400. in him. Id. 266; Crabb' s H. Eng. L. 400.