droit

Definitions of droit
  1. noun
    an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
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    accès
    the right to enter
    droits de l'homme
    (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
    privilège
    a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
    immunité
    (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
    liberté de la pensée
    the right to hold unpopular ideas
    égalité devant la loi
    the right to equal protection of the laws
    droit civique, droit du citoyen
    right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
    copyright
    a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
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    abstraction
    a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
  2. noun
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
    synonyms: science du droit
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    philosophie
    the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
  3. noun
    a right based in law
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    copyright
    a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
    droit de suffrage
    a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
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