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Term: droit de bris
Definition: The droit de bris was a right claimed by lords of the coasts of France to fragments of shipwrecks, including persons or property that had washed ashore. This right was exercised primarily in Bretagne but was abrogated by Henry III as duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Guienne, in a charter granted in A.D. 1226. It is also known as the right of a wreck.