droit of admiralty

English

Etymology

French droit (“a right”)

Noun

droit of admiralty (plural droits of admiralty)

  1. (UK, law) Any of certain customary rights or perquisites relating to enemy ships and property found at sea, including flotsam, jetsam, lagan, deodand, etc.
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