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La lutte contre la pêche
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illégale est considérée par le droit depuis longtemps .

The fight against illegal fishing has been considered by law for a long time.

Pour Helwys, la liberté religieuse est un droit pour tous .

For Helwys, religious freedom is a right for everyone.

Le droit de préemption doit être réservé aux personnes publiques .

The right of pre-emption must be reserved for public persons.

Elle
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est un affluent droit du Rhin .

It is a right tributary of the Rhine.

Il
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effectue des études de droit et entre dans la magistrature .

He studied law and entered the judiciary.

L'avant du flotteur droit est arraché .

The front of the right float is torn off.

Opposite of

interdiction, non-droit, gauche, courbé, tordu

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʁwa/

Inherited from Old French

Inherited from Latin

Inherited from Middle French

In summary

Inherited from Old French droit (spelled dreit in Early Old French, such as the Oaths of Strasbourg), inherited from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus. Doublet of direct. In Middle French, it was for a time spelled droict to reflect the original Latin etymology.