Droit, n.

[Fr. droit. See DIRECT.] Right; justice; title; fee; privilege; a writ of right; duty; custom. Burvill.

Droits of the Admiralty, rights or perquisites of the Admiralty, arising from seizure of enemies' ships detained in port in prospect of war, or coming into port in ignorance of hostilities existing, or from such ships as are taken by non-commissioned captors; the proceeds of wrecks, and derelict property at sea. Kent. Craig. Bouvier.

By a late arrangement in England, these droits have been commuted for, and are now paid into the national exchequer. O'Dowd.