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Droit meaning

A legal right or entitlement.

Using Droit

  • The main meaning on this page is: A legal right or entitlement.
  • In the example corpus, droit often appears in combinations such as: du droit, de droit, droit de.

Context around Droit

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

life 1× claim 1×

Often after:

politique 2× constitutionnel 1× des 1×

Sentence patterns with Droit

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

could claim droit de suite 1× faculté de droit panthéon where 1× philosophie du droit et de 1× principes du droit politique in 1× principes du droit politique is 1× private life droit a la 1× regle du droit le probleme 1× traite de droit constitutionnel vol 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he became president 1× his 1909 doctoral 1× in 1762 rousseau 1× in 1969 lacan 1× in civil law 1× serfs were not 1×

Common sentence endings:

could be claimed 1× early as 1862 1× he had heirs 1× on this topic 1× right in april 1× school in 1980 1×

Words around Droit

Just before it in the word index:

droidsmith 2 droids 49 droid 83 droichead 7 drohan 5 drogue 12

Just after it in the word index:

droite 3 droits 2 droitwich 39 drolet 3 droll 21 drollinger 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abcon 13

Corpus analysis for Droit

  • In this selection, "droit" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, life, claim, politique, constitutionnel and des stand out and add context to how "droit" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include could claim droit de suite and faculté de droit panthéon where. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "droit" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with droit

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It is also found in French writings (as “droit des peuples de disposer d’eux-mêmes”) at least as early as 1862. (22 words)

In 1762, Rousseau published Du Contrat Social, Principes du droit politique (in English, literally Of the Social Contract, Principles of Political Right ) in April. (24 words)

Traite de droit constitutionnel, vol. 1, La regle du droit: le probleme de l'Etat, Paris: de Boccard, p. 645. is divided up into three branches: * Executive. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

His 1909 doctoral dissertation at the Sorbonne was a reworked version of his 1906 dissertation under the title Friedrich Nietzsche dans la philosophie du droit et de la cité (" Friedrich Nietzsche on the Philosophy of Right and the State"). (39 words)

Serfs were not forced to stay on the land, but the lord could claim droit de suite, whereby a peasant who died away from his holding left it to the lord, even if he had heirs. (36 words)

In 1969, Lacan moved his public seminars to the Faculté de Droit (Panthéon), where he continued to deliver his expositions of analytic theory and practice until the dissolution of his School in 1980. (33 words)

Example sentences (9)

Traite de droit constitutionnel, vol. 1, La regle du droit: le probleme de l'Etat, Paris: de Boccard, p. 645. is divided up into three branches: * Executive.

It is also found in French writings (as “droit des peuples de disposer d’eux-mêmes”) at least as early as 1862.

He became president of the Association corporative des étudiants en droit, an association of law students whose main occupation was to engage in street brawls against the "Cocos" ( communists ).

His 1909 doctoral dissertation at the Sorbonne was a reworked version of his 1906 dissertation under the title Friedrich Nietzsche dans la philosophie du droit et de la cité (" Friedrich Nietzsche on the Philosophy of Right and the State").

In 1762, Rousseau published Du Contrat Social, Principes du droit politique (in English, literally Of the Social Contract, Principles of Political Right ) in April.

In 1969, Lacan moved his public seminars to the Faculté de Droit (Panthéon), where he continued to deliver his expositions of analytic theory and practice until the dissolution of his School in 1980.

In civil law jurisdictions, the right to privacy fell within the ambit of the right to a private life (droit a la vie privee) from which the tort could be claimed.

Serfs were not forced to stay on the land, but the lord could claim droit de suite, whereby a peasant who died away from his holding left it to the lord, even if he had heirs.

The Social Contract (Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique) is also the short title of a 1762 book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau on this topic.

Common combinations with droit

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "droit" in a sentence?
An example: "Traite de droit constitutionnel, vol. 1, La regle du droit: le probleme de l'Etat, Paris: de Boccard, p. 645. is divided up into three branches: * Executive." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "droit" from authentic English texts.
What does "droit" mean?
Droit means: A legal right or entitlement.
How many example sentences with "droit" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "droit", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.