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DERECHO Definition & Legal Meaning

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In Spanish law. Law or right. Derecho eomun, common law. The civil lawis so called. A right. Derechos, rights. Also, specifically, an impost laid upon goods orprovisions, or upon persons or lands, by way of tax or contribution. Noe v. Card, 14 Cal.576, 608.

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