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1 droit Adjective

(a) right arm, leg, hand, shoe; du côté ~ on the right-hand side

2 droit Adverb

(a) straight; ~ devant soi straight ahead

3 droit Adjective

(a) straight road, line; upright, straight wall, tree, skirt, right cylinder, cone; honnest, upright, straight, straightforward person; sound, sane judgement

4 droit Noun, masculine

How to pronounce droit

(a) right (à, to, sur, over, de faire, to do); "tous ~s réservés" "all rights reserved"; ~s civils/civiques civil/civic rights;

~ d'aînesse birthright; ~s d'auteur copyright; ~ de grève right to strike; ~s de l'homme human rights; ~s sur la propriété intellectuelle intellectual property rights; (Administration) ~ syndical right of association

(b) fee; ~s fees;

~s d'auteur royalties; (Administration) ~ au bail leasing fee; droit d'entrée admission fee; ~ de reproduction reproduction rights

(c) (Administration, Finance) duty, tax; ~s duty, tax;

~ d'accise excise duty; ~s de douane customs duties; ~s de succession inheritance tax

(d) (Jur) le ~ law; le ~ privé/public private/public law; le ~ pénal criminal law; le ~ européen European law;

~ administratif administrative law; ~ civil civil law; ~ commercial, ~ des affaires commercial law; ~ constitutionnel constitutional law; ~ du contrat contract law; ~ fiscal fiscal law; ~ informatique computer law; ~ international international law; ~ de la sécurité sociale social security law; ~ du travail labour law

Terms from the DGT glossary

French termEnglish term
Droit de voteRight to vote
Droit de la merLaw of the Sea
Règlement des litiges et droit applicableDispute settlement and applicable laws
Droit de voteTaking decisions
Droit de voteVoting
Côté droitright side:
Droit de visiteRights of access
Droit de recoursRight of appeal
Droit à indemnisationRight to compensation
Droit à une prise en chargeRight to care
Droit à la réparation des dommagesRight of redress
Droit aux prestationsRight to benefits
Naissance et étendue du droit à déductionOrigin and scope of the right to deduct
Conflits de droit internationalConflicts of international law
DroitLaw
Droit de réponseRight of reply
Droit de représentationRight of representation
Personnes morales de droit privéLegal persons governed by private law
Droit conféré par la marque communautaireRights conferred by a Community trade mark
Droit de prioritéRight of priority
Effet du droit de prioritéEffect of priority right
Droit applicableApplicable law
Droit national applicableNational law applicable
Droit de rétractationRight of withdrawal
Dispositions en matière de droit de douaneProvisions on customs duties
Droit définitifDefinitive duty
Mise en service et droit de connexionPutting into service and right to connect
Droit national et protection minimaleNational law and minimum protection
Droit journalierDaily
Droit annuelAnnual
Droit provisoireProvisional duties
Droit à la primeEntitlement to the premium
Droit de produire des créancesRight to lodge claims

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