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... chief of the community in time of peace . In dealing with it he always acts , not as supreme landowner , but as the head of the community , in con- junction with the leaders of the second rank . " My inquiries - I can hardly call them ...
... chief of the community in time of peace . In dealing with it he always acts , not as supreme landowner , but as the head of the community , in con- junction with the leaders of the second rank . " My inquiries - I can hardly call them ...
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... chief , but each preserved its own leader and usages , and hence arose what is called " Customary laws . " These were at various times col- lected and written down , and form the basis of the Brehon code , from the Brehons or judges who ...
... chief , but each preserved its own leader and usages , and hence arose what is called " Customary laws . " These were at various times col- lected and written down , and form the basis of the Brehon code , from the Brehons or judges who ...
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... chief . I shall have to refer to his mode of election and duties further on , but it may be convenient to divide the subject into the following : - Ist . The Tanistry , or Communal . 2nd . The Scandinavian , or Mixed . 3rd . The Norman ...
... chief . I shall have to refer to his mode of election and duties further on , but it may be convenient to divide the subject into the following : - Ist . The Tanistry , or Communal . 2nd . The Scandinavian , or Mixed . 3rd . The Norman ...
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... death of any of their chief lords or captains they do presently assemble themselves to a place generally appointed and known unto them , to choose another in his stead , when they do nominate 12 THE HISTORY OF LANDHOLDING IN IRELAND .
... death of any of their chief lords or captains they do presently assemble themselves to a place generally appointed and known unto them , to choose another in his stead , when they do nominate 12 THE HISTORY OF LANDHOLDING IN IRELAND .
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... chief , who was called Cean Finny ( Cean Fini ) . Third , all possession within these Irish territories ran always in the course of tanistry , or in course of gavelkind . Every seignory or chiefry , with the portion of land which passed ...
... chief , who was called Cean Finny ( Cean Fini ) . Third , all possession within these Irish territories ran always in the course of tanistry , or in course of gavelkind . Every seignory or chiefry , with the portion of land which passed ...
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acres ancient Archbishop authority became bishops Brehon code Brehon law cantred cattle century chief chieftain Church Coloured Maps common law confiscation Connaught conquest Council custom Danes Dermod Dictionary dominions Dublin Earl Edition Elizabeth English Essays estates Europe farms forfeited forfeiture G. W. Cox gavelkind Government grant heirs Henry Henry II holdings Illustrations improvement inhabitants Irish James JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL justice King of England king's kingdom knights labour land of Ireland landlord Leinster letters patent Limerick live LL.D Lord Deputy M.A. late Maunder's nation Norman occupier officers Oxford Parliament Plates poor population portion possession Post 8vo proprietors R. A. PROCTOR reign rent Roman Rome says seised Senchus Mor sept Sir John Davis Sir Richard Graham Sir William Parsons STUART tanist tanistry tanistry system tenant tenure tion Translated Treasury Ulster vols Waterford whole Wood Woodcuts
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