droituraladj.
/ˈdrɔɪtʃ(ə)rəl/, /ˈdrɔɪtʃ(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˈdrɔɪtʃ(ə)rəl/ Law.
Relating to a right to property, as distinguished from possession.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [adjective] > as distinguished from actual possession
droitural1850
1850 Burrill cited in Webster
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. Comm. 191 He might recover it for future presentations by droitural writ of right of advowson.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. 649 The old division of Real actions in English law into Possessory and Droitural.
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adj.1850- to my etc way of thinking
- to my her way of thinking
- to my knowledge
- to my left
- to my mind
- to my right
- to my seeming
- to my supposing
- to my thinking
- to my way of thinking
- to nab rust
- to nab the rust
- to nail a charge
- to nail a etc
- to nail a etc to the counter
- to nail a fact to the counter
- to nail a information to the counter
- to nail a lie
- to nail a person to the cross
- to nail a person to the mast
- to nail a person's hide
- to nail a person's hide to the wall
- to nail a rattler
- to nail down
- to nail it