droit
noun
ˈdrȯit 
ˈdrwä
ˈdrwä : a legal right
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The head of state claims her position for life, citing God and her birthright as the reason (Dieu et mon droit is literally emblazoned on her coat of arms). 
Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 15 July 2022 The Défenseur des droits, a non-governmental French institution charged with protecting the right of citizens, released a report in 2017 that denounced practices of racial profiling. Mélissa Godin, Time, 12 June 2020 Rather than being rooted in traditional copyright law—what the French call droit d’auteur—France’s law appears to be designed for publishers to demand a check from Google. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2019 France’s policy of droit du sol (birthright citizenship) means they are entitled to French nationality. The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018 This new cinema will be cut and pasted together in a world beyond copyright, where droit d’auteur will soon seem as medieval as droit du seigneur. Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 13 July 2011
Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 15 July 2022 The Défenseur des droits, a non-governmental French institution charged with protecting the right of citizens, released a report in 2017 that denounced practices of racial profiling. Mélissa Godin, Time, 12 June 2020 Rather than being rooted in traditional copyright law—what the French call droit d’auteur—France’s law appears to be designed for publishers to demand a check from Google. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2019 France’s policy of droit du sol (birthright citizenship) means they are entitled to French nationality. The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018 This new cinema will be cut and pasted together in a world beyond copyright, where droit d’auteur will soon seem as medieval as droit du seigneur. Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 13 July 2011 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French dreit, droit, from Medieval Latin directum, from Late Latin, neuter of directus just, from Latin, direct — more at dress
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above