DROIT DE BRIS

droit de bris (drwah d[schwa] bree), n. [Law French “right of a wreck”] Hist. A right claimed by lords of the coasts of France to fragments of shipwrecks, including persons or property that had washed ashore. • The right was exercised primarily in Bretagne but was abrogated by Henry III as duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, […]