droitn.¹

Brit.

/drɔɪt/,

/drwɑː/, U.S.

/drɔɪt/,

/drwɑ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s droyt, 1500s droict.

Etymology: < French droit, earlier dreit < late popular Latin *drēctum , drictum < Latin dīrēctum straightened, straight, right, direct n.; as noun, a straight or right line; in late Latin right, legal right, law.

a. A right; a legal claim to what is one's due; hence, that to which one has a legal claim; a due; plural dues, duties, perquisites due by legal right. Droits of Admiralty: certain rights or perquisites, as the proceeds arising from the seizure of enemies' ships, wrecks, etc., formerly belonging to the Court of Admiralty, but now paid into the Exchequer.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > [noun] > one's right(s)

i-rihtsc1000

rightc1300

judgementc1350

duec1450

droit1481

shayth1542

say1614

legitimate1650

pretension1710

entitlement1782

society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues

churchseteOE

church scotOE

kirk scota1200

duty1431

droit1481

hearth money1660

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > [noun] > ship or property captured at sea > money distributed among captors

Droits of Admiralty1638

prize money1654

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) ccvi. 301 He sayde that they were the droytes and rightes of his chirche of the sepulcre.

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iij^v The vertues of nature and the ryghtes and droytes of lyf humayne.

1528 R. Weston in H. A. Lee-Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 92 Other casualtyes and droyts Royall belonging to the Seignorye.

1638 Earl of Strafford Let. 11 Aug. (1739) II. 206 As if the keeping of the Fort..had prejudiced him in the Droits of his Admiralty.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 164 A difficulty experienced in collecting the droits or duties exacted.

1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. iv. 198 George III derived a considerable amount from the droits of the crown and Admiralty..and other casual sources of revenue.

1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) In American law droits of admiralty are not as such recognized.

b. droit(s) du (or de) seigneur /drwa dy sɛɲœr/, an alleged custom of medieval times by which the feudal lord might have sexual intercourse with the bride of a vassal on the wedding-night, before she cohabited with her husband. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > alleged right of feudal lord to have sex with vassal's bride

droit(s) du (or de) seigneur1825

jus primae noctis1887

1784 ‘F. G. Desfontaines’ (title) Le Droit du Seigneur. Comédie en trois actes,..mêlée d'ariettes.]

1825 H. Wilson Mem. iii. 168 Lord Frederic Beauclerc..declares himself willing to..marry us, privately, by special licence, provided you agree to grant him les droits du seigneur. Worcester enquired what that meant. Simply, les droits du mari, for the first night.

1902 Folk-lore 13 334 The final incident of the Wooing of Emer, proving as it does the existence of the droit du Seigneur among the early Irish.

1931 E. A. Robertson Four Frightened People v. 147 The privilege, if anyone's, will be mine as the instigator of the expedition... A sort of local droit de seigneur.

1936 ‘G. Orwell’ Keep Aspidistra Flying ii. 45 She exercised a sort of droit du seigneur over letters.

1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo viii. 343 And as to your wife,..exercise the droit de seigneur. You're her lord and master.

†2. Law, right, justice; a law. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > [noun]

righteOE

lawa1000

assize1303

droit1480

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses x. vii My fader..knoweth the lawes & droytes.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. ix. 35 The droytes and lawes by which the jugements be made.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton C viij It is founde in droyt canon.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 175b/1 To lerne the Scyence of droyt and of the lawe.

1535–6 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 26 Preamble The Domynyon..of Wales..[whereof] the Kinges moost Roiall Magestie of mere droite and verye right is verie hedde King Lorde and Ruler.

Compounds

droit-house n. a building at a seaport for the collection of the droits of Admiralty.

ΚΠ

1837 Ann. Reg. 1836 Chron. 31/2 Plaintiff was taken to the droit-house at the end of the pier.

droitsman n. the collector of droits.

ΚΠ

1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xxxiii The Admiralty droitsmen made an accurate inventory of the bungs and blacking bottles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† droitn.²

Etymology: Origin unascertained.

Obsolete.

A minute weight; the four hundred and eightieth part of a grain troy, one twenty-fourth of a ‘mite’. Belonging to a series used in exact computations of weight of coins, before the introduction of decimals, the alternate subdivisions by 20 and 24 carrying out those of ounces and pennyweights. See Notes & Queries 8th S.X. 255, 278, 338.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > smallest unit or grain > specific parts of grain

mitea1393

periot1564

fourth1594

minta1600

droit1601

prime1604

second1604

blank1680

1601 [‘Weight of Silver Coins 43 Eliz. 1601’ given in ‘dwt., gr., Mites, Droits, Perits, Blancs,’ cited in J. Millan Coins, Weights, & Meas. 1749.]

a1606 Mint & Moneta (MS. in Royal Mint Lib.) iv. lf. 2 Note that..in 1 grain Subtill there are 20^ty Mites Subtill, and so further to Droites, to be devided if need shalbe.

1649 Act Long Parl. c. 43 (Scobell ii. 65) Schedule or Table annexed—Pieces of Gold: xx^s. 05 Penny weights. 20 Grains. 10 Mites...Pieces of Silver:..i^d 00 Penny weights. 07 Grains. 14 Mites. 20 Droits. 02 Perits. 12 Blanks.

1649 Act Long Parl. c. 43 (Scobell ii. 65) Memorandum: Twelve Ounces makes a pound weight Troy;..Twenty Mites makes a Grain; Twenty four Droits makes a Mite; Twenty Perits makes a Droit; Twenty four Blanks makes a Perit. Passed 17 July.

1656 in T. Blount Glossographia

1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words

1708–43 J. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. 160.

1811 P. Kelly Universal Cambist The Droit of 20 Periots.

1817 R. Ruding Coinage Great Brit. I. 363 (table) English Weights. Pennyweights 20. Grains... 24. Mites... 20. Droits... 24. Periots... 20. Blanks... 24.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Droit, a division of the troy grain used by moneyers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	droit
释义	droitn.¹ Brit. /drɔɪt/, /drwɑː/, U.S. /drɔɪt/, /drwɑ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s droyt, 1500s droict. Etymology: < French droit, earlier dreit < late popular Latin drēctum , drictum* < Latin dīrēctum straightened, straight, right, direct n.; as noun, a straight or right line; in late Latin right, legal right, law. 1. a. A right; a legal claim to what is one's due; hence, that to which one has a legal claim; a due; plural dues, duties, perquisites due by legal right. Droits of Admiralty: certain rights or perquisites, as the proceeds arising from the seizure of enemies' ships, wrecks, etc., formerly belonging to the Court of Admiralty, but now paid into the Exchequer. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > [noun] > one's right(s) i-rihtsc1000 rightc1300 judgementc1350 duec1450 droit1481 shayth1542 say1614 legitimate1650 pretension1710 entitlement1782 society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues churchseteOE church scotOE kirk scota1200 duty1431 droit1481 hearth money1660 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > [noun] > ship or property captured at sea > money distributed among captors Droits of Admiralty1638 prize money1654 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) ccvi. 301 He sayde that they were the droytes and rightes of his chirche of the sepulcre. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iij^v The vertues of nature and the ryghtes and droytes of lyf humayne. 1528 R. Weston in H. A. Lee-Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 92 Other casualtyes and droyts Royall belonging to the Seignorye. 1638 Earl of Strafford Let. 11 Aug. (1739) II. 206 As if the keeping of the Fort..had prejudiced him in the Droits of his Admiralty. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 164 A difficulty experienced in collecting the droits or duties exacted. 1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. iv. 198 George III derived a considerable amount from the droits of the crown and Admiralty..and other casual sources of revenue. 1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) In American law droits of admiralty are not as such recognized. b. droit(s) du (or de) seigneur /drwa dy sɛɲœr/, an alleged custom of medieval times by which the feudal lord might have sexual intercourse with the bride of a vassal on the wedding-night, before she cohabited with her husband. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > alleged right of feudal lord to have sex with vassal's bride droit(s) du (or de) seigneur1825 jus primae noctis1887 1784 ‘F. G. Desfontaines’ (title) Le Droit du Seigneur. Comédie en trois actes,..mêlée d'ariettes.] 1825 H. Wilson Mem. iii. 168 Lord Frederic Beauclerc..declares himself willing to..marry us, privately, by special licence, provided you agree to grant him les droits du seigneur. Worcester enquired what that meant. Simply, les droits du mari, for the first night. 1902 Folk-lore 13 334 The final incident of the Wooing of Emer, proving as it does the existence of the droit du Seigneur among the early Irish. 1931 E. A. Robertson Four Frightened People v. 147 The privilege, if anyone's, will be mine as the instigator of the expedition... A sort of local droit de seigneur. 1936 ‘G. Orwell’ Keep Aspidistra Flying ii. 45 She exercised a sort of droit du seigneur over letters. 1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo viii. 343 And as to your wife,..exercise the droit de seigneur. You're her lord and master. †2. Law, right, justice; a law. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] righteOE lawa1000 assize1303 droit1480 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses x. vii My fader..knoweth the lawes & droytes. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. ix. 35 The droytes and lawes by which the jugements be made. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton C viij It is founde in droyt canon. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 175b/1 To lerne the Scyence of droyt and of the lawe. 1535–6 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 26 Preamble The Domynyon..of Wales..[whereof] the Kinges moost Roiall Magestie of mere droite and verye right is verie hedde King Lorde and Ruler. Compounds droit-house n. a building at a seaport for the collection of the droits of Admiralty. ΚΠ 1837 Ann. Reg. 1836 Chron. 31/2 Plaintiff was taken to the droit-house at the end of the pier. droitsman n. the collector of droits. ΚΠ 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xxxiii The Admiralty droitsmen made an accurate inventory of the bungs and blacking bottles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † droitn.² Etymology: Origin unascertained. Obsolete. A minute weight; the four hundred and eightieth part of a grain troy, one twenty-fourth of a ‘mite’. Belonging to a series used in exact computations of weight of coins, before the introduction of decimals, the alternate subdivisions by 20 and 24 carrying out those of ounces and pennyweights. See Notes & Queries 8th S.X. 255, 278, 338. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > smallest unit or grain > specific parts of grain mitea1393 periot1564 fourth1594 minta1600 droit1601 prime1604 second1604 blank1680 1601 [‘Weight of Silver Coins 43 Eliz. 1601’ given in ‘dwt., gr., Mites, Droits, Perits, Blancs,’ cited in J. Millan Coins, Weights, & Meas. 1749.] a1606 Mint & Moneta (MS. in Royal Mint Lib.) iv. lf. 2 Note that..in 1 grain Subtill there are 20^ty Mites Subtill, and so further to Droites, to be devided if need shalbe. 1649 Act Long Parl. c. 43 (Scobell ii. 65) Schedule or Table annexed—Pieces of Gold: xx^s. 05 Penny weights. 20 Grains. 10 Mites...Pieces of Silver:..i^d 00 Penny weights. 07 Grains. 14 Mites. 20 Droits. 02 Perits. 12 Blanks. 1649 Act Long Parl. c. 43 (Scobell ii. 65) Memorandum: Twelve Ounces makes a pound weight Troy;..Twenty Mites makes a Grain; Twenty four Droits makes a Mite; Twenty Perits makes a Droit; Twenty four Blanks makes a Perit. Passed 17 July. 1656 in T. Blount Glossographia 1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words 1708–43 J. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. 160. 1811 P. Kelly Universal Cambist The Droit of 20 Periots. 1817 R. Ruding Coinage Great Brit. I. 363 (table) English Weights. Pennyweights 20. Grains... 24. Mites... 20. Droits... 24. Periots... 20. Blanks... 24. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Droit, a division of the troy grain used by moneyers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1480n.²1601
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Compounds

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