gavelkind

Japanese: gavelkind
gavelkind

…The extant manuscript is from the 15th century, but it was written in ancient Irish and is a valuable document for understanding Irish society in the 7th and 8th centuries. The custom of equal inheritance of land by men (gavelkind) stipulated in this law was found to be illegal in a court of law in 1606, and the system of electing a successor to the chieftain from among his relatives while he was still alive (tanistry) was also found to be illegal by the British Crown Court in 1608. The full details of this law were revealed in the 5 volumes of The Ancient Laws of Ireland (1865-1901) compiled by the Brehon Law Commission. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "gavelkind" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…現存する写本は15世紀のものであるが,古代アイルランド語で書かれており,7~8世紀アイルランド社会を知るうえでも貴重な文献となっている。この法に定められていた男子均分相続土地所有(ガベルカインドgavelkind)の慣習は1606年に裁判で違法とされ,また,同法による族長後継者を族長在世中にその親族から選挙する制度(タニストリーtanistry)も1608年にイギリスの王座裁判所で違法と判決された。同法の全容は,ブレホン法委員会編《アイルランド古代法》5巻(1865‐1901)で明らかにされた。…

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