droit

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024

He says that once the droit du sol has been abolished on the island, the lure will disappear.

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

But the way the campaign played out, with the release of the tape, it was almost as if people were talking about droit du seigneur all over again.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2016

Hence the droit de cadenas, the right of the padlock, an honor which ceased to exist in the reign of Louis XIV.

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