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(Fr.) In French Law. Law; the whole body of law, written and unwritten. A right. No law exists without a duty. Toullier, Dr. Civ. note 96; Poth. Dr. Droit d’ accession. That property whichi is acquired by making a new species out of the material of another. Modus acquirandi quo quis ex aliena materia suo nomine novam epedem faciens bona fide ejus speciei dominium consequitur. It is a rule of the civil law that, if the thing can be reduced to the former matter, it belongs to the owner of the matter, e. g., a, statute made of gold, but, if it cannot so be reduced, it belongs to the person who made it, e. g., a statute made of marble. This subject is treated of in the Code Nap. arts. 665, 577; Merlin, Repert. “Accession;” Malleville’s Discussion, art. 565. See “Accession.” Droit d’Angarie. Angary, or Droit d’Angarie, is a contingent belligerent right, arising out of necessity of war, to dispose over, use and destroy, if need be, property belonging to neutral states. Encyc. Brit. XXXI, 129 (Neutrality). Droit d’Aubaine. A rule by which all the property of a deceased foreigner, whether movable or immovable, was confiscated to the use of the state, to the exclusion of his heirs, whether claiming ab intestato or under a will of the deceased. The word aubaine signifies hospes loci, peregrinus advena, a stranger. It is derived, according to some, from alibi, elsewhere, natus, bom, from which the word albinus is said to be formed. Others, as Cujas, derive the word directly from advena, by which word aubains or strangers are designated in the capitularies of Charlemagne. See Du Cange; Trevoux. See “Aubaine.” Droit de 6m. A right, formerly claimed by the lords of the coasts of certain parts of France, to shipwrecks, by which not only the property, but the persons of those who were cast away, were confiscated for the prince who was lord of the coast. Otherwise called droit de bris sur le naufrages. The right prevailed chiefly in Bretagne, and was solemnly abrogated by Henry III., as duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Guienne, in a charter granted A. D. 1226, preserved among the rolls at Bordeaux. Laws of Oleron, art. 26, note; Pet. Adm. Dec. Appendix. See “Bris.” Droit de garde. Right of ward; the guardianship of the estate and person of a noble vassal, to which the king, during his minority, was entitled. Steph. Lect. 250. Droit de gite. The duty incumbent on a roturier, holding lands within the royal domain, of supplying board and lodging to the king and to his suite, while on a royal progress. Steph. Lect. 361. Droit de greffe. The right of selling various offices connected with the custody of judicial records or notarial acts. Steph. Lect. 354. A privilege of the French kings. Droit de maitrise. A charge payable to the crown by any one who, after having served his apprenticeship in any commercial guild or brotherhood, sought to become a master workman in it on his own account. Steph. Lect. 354. Droit de prise. The duty (incumbent on a roturier) of supplying to the king on credit, during a certain period, such articles of domestic consumption as might be required for the royal household. Steph. Lect. 351. Droit de quint. A relief payable by a noble vassal to the king as his seigneur, on every change in the ownership of his fief. Steph. Lect. 350. In English Law. Right. Co. Litt. 158. A person was said to have droit droit, plur rimum juris, and plurimum possessionis, when he had the freehold, the fee, and the property in him. Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law, 406. Droit close. The name of an ancient writ directed to the lord of ancient demesne, and which lies for those tenants in ancient demesne who hold their lands and tenements by charter in fee simple, in fee tail, for life, or in dower. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 23.

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(Fr.) In French Law. Law; the whole body of law, written and unwritten. A right. No law exists without a duty. Toullier, Dr. Civ. note 96; Poth. Dr. Droit d’ accession. That property whichi is acquired by making a new species out of the material of another. Modus acquirandi quo quis ex aliena materia suo nomine novam epedem faciens bona fide ejus speciei dominium consequitur. It is a rule of the civil law that, if the thing can be reduced to the former matter, it belongs to the owner of the matter, e. g., a, statute made of gold, but, if it cannot so be reduced, it belongs
to the person who made it, e. g., a statute made of marble. This subject is treated of in the Code Nap. arts. 665, 577; Merlin, Repert. “Accession;” Malleville’s Discussion, art. 565. See “Accession.” Droit d’Angarie. Angary, or Droit d’Angarie, is a contingent belligerent right, arising out of necessity of war, to dispose over, use and destroy, if need be, property belonging to neutral states. Encyc. Brit. XXXI, 129 (Neutrality). Droit d’Aubaine. A rule by which all the property of a deceased foreigner, whether movable or immovable, was confiscated to the use of the state, to the exclusion of his heirs, whether claiming ab intestato or under a will of the deceased. The word aubaine signifies hospes loci, peregrinus advena, a stranger. It is derived, according to some, from alibi, elsewhere, natus, bom, from which the word albinus is said to be formed. Others, as Cujas, derive the word directly from advena, by which word aubains or strangers are designated in the capitularies of Charlemagne. See Du Cange; Trevoux. See “Aubaine.” Droit de 6m. A right, formerly claimed by the lords of the coasts of certain parts of France, to shipwrecks, by which not only the property, but the persons of those who were cast away, were confiscated for the prince who was lord of the coast. Otherwise called droit de bris sur le naufrages. The right prevailed chiefly in Bretagne, and was solemnly abrogated by Henry III., as duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Guienne, in a charter granted A. D. 1226, preserved among the rolls at Bordeaux. Laws of Oleron, art. 26, note; Pet. Adm. Dec. Appendix. See “Bris.” Droit de garde. Right of ward; the guardianship of the estate and person of a noble vassal, to which the king, during his minority, was entitled. Steph. Lect. 250. Droit de gite. The duty incumbent on a roturier, holding lands within the royal domain, of supplying board and lodging to the king and to his suite, while on a royal progress. Steph. Lect. 361. Droit de greffe. The right of selling various offices connected with the custody of judicial records or notarial acts. Steph. Lect. 354. A privilege of the French kings. Droit de maitrise. A charge payable to the crown by any one who, after having served his apprenticeship in any commercial guild or brotherhood, sought to become a master workman in it on his own account. Steph. Lect. 354. Droit de prise. The duty (incumbent on a roturier) of supplying to the king on credit, during a certain period, such articles of domestic consumption as might be required for the royal household. Steph. Lect. 351. Droit de quint. A relief payable by a noble vassal to the king as his seigneur, on every change in the ownership of his fief. Steph. Lect. 350. In English Law. Right. Co. Litt. 158. A person was said to have droit droit, plur rimum juris, and plurimum possessionis, when he had the freehold, the fee, and the property in him. Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law, 406. Droit close. The name of an ancient writ directed to the lord of ancient demesne, and which lies for those tenants in ancient demesne who hold their lands and tenements by charter in fee simple, in fee tail, for life, or in dower. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 23.

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