Droit De Bris
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A right formerly claimed by the lords of the coasts of certain parts of France, to shipwrecks, by which not only the property, but the persons of those who were cast away, were confiscated for the prince who was lord of the coast. Otherwise called “crott de bris sur le naufrage.” This ri¢ht prevailed chiefly in Bretagne, and was solemnly abrogated by Henry III., as duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Guienne, ina charter granted A, D, 1226, preserved among the rolls at Bordeaux.