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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 droit /ˈdrɔɪt, ˈdrwɑ/
 權利,所有權,權利的對象
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Droit n.  A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right.
 Droit d'aubaine. See under Aubaine.
 Droits of the Admiralty Eng. Law, rights or perquisites of the Admiralty, arising from seizure of an enemy's ships in port on the breaking out of war, or those coming into port in ignorance of hostilities existing, or from such ships as are taken by noncommissioned captors; also, the proceeds of wrecks, and derelict property at sea. The droits of admiralty are now paid into the Exchequer for the public benefit.