See also:

• DROIT (Fr. for " right," from Lat. directus, straight)

DROIT (Fr. for " right," from See also:

• LAT

Lat. directus, straight)  , a legal See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title, claim or due; a See also:

• TERM

term used in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in the phrase droits of See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty, certain customary rights or perquisites formerly belonging to the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord high See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, but now to the See also:

• CROWN

crown for public purposes and paid into the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer . These droits (see also See also:

• WRECK

WRECK) consisted of See also:

• FLOTSAM, JETSAM

flotsam, jetsam, ligan, treasure, See also:

• DEODAND (Lat. Deo dandum, that which is to be given to God)

deodand, See also:

• DERELICT (from Lat. derelinquere, to forsake)

derelict, within the admiral's See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction; all fines, forfeitures, ransoms, recognizanees and pecuniary punishments; all sturgeons, whales, porpoises, dolphins, grampuses and such large fishes; all See also:

• SHIPS

ships and goods of the enemy coming into any See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

creek, road or See also:

• PORT

port, by See also:

• DURANCE (anc. Druentia)

durance or See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake; all ships seized at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, See also:

• SALVAGE (from Lat. salvus, safe)

salvage, &c., with the See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of prizes—such shares being afterwards called " tenths," in See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, who gave their admiral a See also:

• DROIT (Fr. for " right," from Lat. directus, straight)

droit. de dixieme . The droits of admiralty were definitely surrendered for the benefit of the public by See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, when lord high admiral of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1702 . See also:

• AMERICAN

American law does not recognize any such droits, and the disposition of captured See also:

• PROPERTY

property is regulated by various acts of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress . The term droit is also used in various legal connexions (for French law, see See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

FRANCE: Law), such as the droit of See also:

• ANGARY (Lat. jus angariae; Fr. droit d'angarie; Ger. Angarie; from the Gr. ayyapeia, the office of an ayyapos, courier or messenger)

angary (q.v.), the droit d'achat (right of pre-emption) in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of See also:

• CONTRABAND (Fr. contrebande, from contra, against, and bannum, Low Lat. for " proclamation ")

contraband (q.v.), the feudal droit de bris (see WRECK), the droit de regale or See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient royal See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege of claiming the revenues and patronage of a vacant bishopric, and the feudal droits of See also:

• SEIGNORY, or SEIGNIORY (Fr. seigneur, lord; Lat. senior, elder)

seignory generally .