Drofland

DRIFTLAND, or DRYFland. A yearly payment made by some to their landlords for driving their cattle through the manor to fairs and markets. Cowell. DROIT (Fr.) A right. No law exists without a duty. Toullier, Dr. Civ. note 96; Poth. Dr. Droit d' accession. That property whichi is acquired by making a new species out of the material of another. Modus acquirandi quo quis ex aliena materia suo nomine novam epedem faciens bona fide ejus speciei dominium consequitur. It is a rule of the civil law that, if the thing can be reduced to the former matter, it belongs to the owner of the matter, e. g., a, statute made of gold, but, if it cannot so be reduced, it belongs to the person who made it, e. g., a statute made of marble. This subject is treated of in the Code Nap. arts. 665, 577; Merlin, Repert. "Accession;" Malleville's Discussion, art. 565. See "Accession." Droit d'Angarie. Angary, or Droit d'Angarie, is a contingent belligerent right, arising out of necessity of war, to dispose over, use and destroy, if need be, property belonging to neutral states. Encyc. Brit.

sax. A quit rent, or yearly payment, formerly made for driving cattle through a manor to fairs or markets.

Sax. A quit rent, or yearly payment, formerly made by some tenants to the king, or their landlords, for driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets. Cowell; Blount.

Sax. [from dryfene, driven.] A quit rent, or yearly payment, formerly made by some tenants to the king, or their landlords, for driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets, Cowell. Blount.