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Brehon laws
| the ancient Irish laws, - unwritten, like the common law of England. They were abolished by statute of Edward III. |
See also: Brehon brehon laws
Related to brehon laws: Senchus Morbrehon laws early Irish laws under the control of brehons, an hereditary caste of lawyers. They survived the Danish and Anglo-Norman invasions, but in the Case of Tanistry in 1607 were declared to be incompatible with English common law, which henceforth should apply throughout Ireland. |