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A former moneyers' unit of weight equal to 1/24 mite or 1/480 grain.

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Usage examples (26)
  • And I'm sorry, American Legal System, but I believe in droit d'auteur.
  • Near the Gue-droit, which is a valley leading to the Indre across the moors, our good vicar perceived a high toby.
  • The royal attempt at extending to all the provinces of France the so-called droit de regale found in Pavillon a sturdy opponent.
  • Many scholars claim that there was no such law, called droit de seigneur or jus primae noctis, passed at any time in the Middle Ages.
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