droit

Example Sentences

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In France, they call it “le droit à la déconnexion.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024

In fact, strictly speaking, the droit du sol is not an automatic right in France, as it is for example in the US where a birth certificate is enough to get a passport.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

“It’s about what the French call droit moral,” he says in a recent interview from his home in Los Angeles.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2020

J’ai la sensation d’être une hors-la-loi, une espèce de bandit qui exige quelque chose d’interdit alors que je n’exige rien d’autre que mon droit à la liberté.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2016

However, a crown was levied on passing his luggage by an innkeeper who held the droit de viscomté.

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.