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droit

[droit, drwa] / drɔɪt, drwa /


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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

In France, a study of droit de suite demonstrated that around 70 percent of royalty payments went to famous artists like Picasso.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2018

But the fact is that resale royalties, called droit de suite, are now standard in much of the world, causing the U.S.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2014

The right of subsistence was admitted by the establishment of the ateliers nationaux, and asserted by the insurgents of June, 1848, under the nobler and more dignified guise of the droit au travail.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various

The vigilante movement, known as Bwa Kale, formed in late April, according to the Centre d’analyse et de recherche en droits de l’homme, or CARDH.

From Washington Times ● May 29, 2023

Thus re-granted, the seigneur could not eject the habitant, but was allowed to receive a nominal or feudal rent from the vassal, and the usual droits.

From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Richard Henry Bonnycastle

This view is also an influential part of the heritage of the droits d'auteur, even if it is downplayed in its contemporary rhetoric.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

American law does not recognize any such droits, and the disposition of captured property is regulated by various acts of Congress.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

But when one looks at the history of the French droits d'auteur tradition, it is striking how well those words describe that system as well.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle




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