droit

Meaning

Noun

1. right (entitlement)
2. law (study of law)
3. right angle

Adj

1. right (on the right-hand side)
2. straight (not bent or crooked)
3. right (of an angle)

Adv

1. straight, straight on
2. upright, straight, not bent or crooked

Concepts

right

straight

law

direct

upright

square

straightforward

jurisprudence

erect

loyal

true

entitlement

correct

just

be straight

right angle

faithful

trusty

honest

claim

duty

right-hand

straighten

staunch

sincere

righteous

vertical

very straight

right hand

frank

exact

proper

civil law

righthand

directly

charge

fee

aright

single-breasted

right-angle

Islamic law

unbend

become straight

rightfulness

trustworthy

unbowed

without equivocation

right-wing

precisely

accurate

authentic

fair

orthodox

truthful

clean

net

outstanding claim

act

bill

decree

legislation

penal law

public law

canon law

custom

royalty

copyright

admission

customs

toll

right of way

franchise

all of a sudden

gently

quickly

quietly

softly

authority

privilege

material

rate

legal principles

due

plumb

upstanding

be right

have the right

make straight

thin

daba

hoe

in the right

look straight

planted

title

mightily

mighty

powerful

flop

right on

correctly

justly

steadfast

unswerving

practice of law

fast

firm

truehearted

unsloped

unbent

good

ripe

rightist

dependable

reliable

right field

rightfield

natural law

law of nature

legal system

legal philosophy

constabulary

police

police force

right wing

quadrant

quarter-circle

tariff

genuine

real

right side

rectus

right claim title privilege

demand

dibs

jurispendence

𐑉𐐴𐐻

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʁwa/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Elle a une double formation en droit et en journalisme .

She has a dual background in law and journalism.

Elles entrent , s’installent, s’arrogent le droit du propriétaire .

They enter, settle, arrogate to themselves the right of the owner.

Par la suite la création de municipe ne conféra plus que le droit latin .

Subsequently, the creation of municipe conferred only Latin law.

Les rencontres étaient organisées autour de questions majeures du droit international .

The meetings were organized around major issues of international law.

Il s'installe par la suite à Paterson afin de pratiquer le droit .

He later moved to Paterson to practice law.

À partir de ce moment-là, l’Estonie entreprend de réformer son droit .

From then on, Estonia undertook to reform its law.

Il fit ses études de droit à l'université nationale et capodistrienne d'Athènes.

He studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Mais Bossuet ajoutait qu'on avait le droit de persécuter .

But Bossuet added that we had the right to persecute.