Droit

droict, dreit,/r. Bight, justice; the law; a writ of right. Droit droit: a double right the right of possession united maandd: the law gives no more than is aslced. Droit ne poet pas morier: right cannot die. Droits of Admiralty: goods found abandoned at sea; property captured in a time of war by non-commissioned vessels; the goods of the enemy claimed by the Crown. Droit d'Aubaine: a right or prerogative claimed by some European sovereigns of seizing the goods and estate of an alien dying within their dominions. Droit close: an old writ for a tenant in ancient demesne against the lord. Droit patent: a writ of right patent. Droit d'eignesse: V. Esnecy.