Droit (
French for
right), a legal title, claim or due; a term used in
English law in the phrase "droits of admiralty", certain customary rights or perquisites formerly belonging to the
Lord High Admiral, but now to the crown, for public purposes and paid into the
Exchequer. These droits (see also
wreck) consisted of
flotsam,
jetsam,
ligan,
treasure,
deodand,
derelict, within the admiral's jurisdiction; all fines, forfeitures, ransoms, recognizanees and pecuniary punishments; all sturgeons, whales, porpoises, dolphins, grampuses and such large fishes; all ships and goods of the enemy coming into any creek, road or port, by durance or mistake; all ships seized at sea, salvage, etc., with the share of prizes such shares being afterwards called "tenths", in imitation of the French, who gave their admiral a droit de dixieme. The droits of admiralty were definitely surrendered for the benefit of the public by Prince
George of Denmark, when Lord High Admiral of England in
1702.
American law does not recognize any such droits, and the disposition of captured property is regulated by various acts of
Congress.
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Le droit est l'ensemble des
règles et normes générales et impersonnelles qui régissent les rapports sociaux et génèrent des prérogatives et droits pour les personnes, susceptibles d'une exécution contrainte institutionnalisée, notamment par l'intervention de la
puissance publique, c'est-à-dire de l'
État.
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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.
droit
d'aubaine. see under aubaine.
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