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Brettwalda

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or BRETTWALDA. The leade;: of the Saxon heptarchy. Steph. Lect. 696. BRETTS and SCOTTS, LAWS OF THE. A code or system of laws in use among the Celtic tribes of Scotland down to the beginning of the fourteenth century, and then abolished by Edward I. of England. A fragment only is now extant. See Acts Pari. Scotland, vol. 1, pp. 299-301, Edin. 1844. It is interesting, like the Brehon laws of Ireland, in a historical point of view.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Saxon law. The ruler of the Saxon heptarchy.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In Saxon law. The ruler of the Saxon heptarchy.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Saxon law. Tho ruler of the Saxon heptarehy,