Brehon Law
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Irish, breitha-neimeadh.] The native system of law which prevailed in Ireland, before the conquest by Henry II.
1 Bl. Com. 100. Co. Litt. 141 a.
For a particular view of this system, see P. Cyclopaedia.