dereito

Meaning

Adj

1. right, righthand
2. straight (not crooked or bent)

Noun

1. (masculine) right (legal or moral entitlement)
2. (masculine) the study of law

Opposite of

esquerdo, recto

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: dīrectus

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese dereito, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus.

Sentences

Estudou Leis na Facultade de Dereito da Universidade Nacional Autónoma de México .

He studied law at the Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Estudou dereito e filosofía e letras na Universidade de Barcelona.

He studied law and philosophy and letters at the University of Barcelona.

Licenciouse en dereito pola Universidade de Santiago de Compostela .

He graduated in law from the University of Santiago de Compostela.

O sistema xudicial baséase sobre o dereito francés e sobre as teorías comunistas.

The judicial system is based on French law and communist theories.

Só a propia Esparta tiña o dereito a convocar un encontro da Liga .

Only Sparta itself had the right to call a League meeting.

Licenciouse en Dereito pola Universidade de Sevilla .

He graduated in law from the University of Seville.