The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
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.