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droit  du  seigneur  (drwah  d<<schwa>>  sen-yuur).  [French  “right  of  the  lord”]  Hist.  1.A supposed customary right of a feudal lord to have sexual intercourse with a tenant’s bride on her wedding  night. 2.  A  supposed  custom  requiring  sexual  abstinence  by  a  couple  on  their  wedding night. — Also spelled droit de seigneur. — Also termed…

droit de suite (drwah d<<schwa>> sweet), n.[French “right to follow”] 1. A creditor’s right to recover a debtor’s property after it passes to a third  party. 2.Copyright. An artist’s resale royalty; the right of a work’s creator to benefit from appreciation in the value of the work by receiving a portion  of  the  profit  from …

droit-droit (drwah-drwah), n.[Law French “double right”] Hist. The unification of the right of possession with the right of property. — Also termed jus duplicatum; dreit dreit. “A complete title  to lands, tenements, and  hereditaments. For it is an ancient maxim  of the law,  that  no  title  is  completely  good,  unless  the  right  of  possession  be …

droit d’exécution (drwah dek-say-kyoo-syawn), n.[French “right of execution”] French law. 1. A stockbroker’s right to sell the stock bought for a client who later refuses it. 2. A stockbroker’s right to sell deposited securities to secure the broker against a loss in buying for a client. [Blacks Law 8th]

droit de quint (drwah d<<schwa>> kant), n.[French “the right of a fifth”] Hist. French law. A required  payment  made  by  a  noble  vassal  to  the  king  each  time  ownership  of  the  vassal’s  fief changed. [Blacks Law 8th]

droit de prise (drwah  d<<schwa>> preez), n.[French “a right of  prize”] Hist. French law. A commoner’s duty to supply articles on credit to the royal household for domestic consumption. [Blacks Law 8th]

droit de naufrage (drwah d<<schwa>> noh-frazh), n.[French] Hist. French law. The right of a sovereign or a lord owning a seashore to seize the wreckage of a shipwreck and kill the crew or sell them as slaves. Cf. DROIT DE BRIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

droit  de  maitrise  (drwah  d<<schwa>>  may-treez),  n.[French  “a  right  of  mastership”]  Hist. French law. A required payment to the Crown by an apprentice who has become a master worker.[Blacks Law 8th]

droit de  greffe (drwah  d<<schwa>> gref), n.[French “a right concerning  the clerk’s  office”] Hist.  French  law.  The  Crown’s  privilege  to  sell  offices  connected  with  the  custody  of  judicial records or official acts. [Blacks Law 8th]

premarital, adj. Of, relating to, or occurring before marriage. Cf. POSTMARITAL. [Blacks Law 8th]