Droitural
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
What belongs of right; relating to right; as, real actions are either droitural or possessory, — droitural when the plaintiff seeks to recover the property. Finch, Law, 257.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
What belongs of right; relating t<> rlghl: as. real actions are either droitural or possessory, — droitural when the plaintiff seeks to recover the property. Finch. Law L'">7. See Wkii or Kicht.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
droiturele, droitural, droiturelle, I. fr.
In old English law. Relating to right, or, more strictly, title as distinguished from right of possession.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
What belongs of right; relating to right; as real actions are either droitural or possessory,—droittural when the plaintiff seeks to recover the property. Finch, Law, 257.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Concerning right or title, v. Action.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[from droit, right.] In old English practice. Relating to ri^ht; or, more strictly, relating to the mere nght of property, as distinguished from the right of possession. An action droitural was an action brought to determine the right of property, as distinguished from an action possessory, in which the object was to ascertain the right of possession. 3 Stq>h. Com. 486. Burton^s Real Prop. 123, pi. 377, note. Roscoe's Real Act. 2. This was the old distinction of writs relating to lands. Gilb. C. Pleas, 5. Writs of right proper were writs droitural. See Possessory.