- A
Brithem (Latin: Judex, Scots: Dempster) was a
hereditary legal expert in
medieval Scotland,
charged with
upholding the laws
within one of the provinces...
-
virtue of his
control of the mormaerdom. Each
province had at
least one
Brithem (Latin: Iudex, Scots: Dempster) a
hereditary legal expert charged with...
- was also used to
refer to the
highest member of any group; thus an
ollam brithem would be the
highest rank of judge, and an
ollam rí the
highest rank of...
- that were the dóernemed,
which included professionals such as
jurists (
brithem), physicians,
skilled craftsmen,
skilled musicians, scholars, and so on...
-
Braunton Brealeys Breazle Brendon Brentor Bridestowe Bridford Bridgerule Brithem Bottom Brixham Brixton Broadclyst Broadhembury Broadhempston Broadwoodkelly...
- some
knowledge or skill) Fili (poets)
Clerics Dóernemed (lit. Base-Nemed)
Brithem, tradesmen, harpists, etc.
Freeman Bóaire (Cattle lord) Ócaire (Little...
- the
jurist or
brithem had
three ranks, and the
highest was
given an
honour price only
halfway up the
other scales. The
ranking of a
brithem was
based on...
- of 1171 (the word "Brehon" is an
Anglicisation of
breitheamh (earlier
brithem), the
Irish word for a judge). The laws were
written in the Old
Irish period...
- Scotland. They
frequently held the
office of
Justiciar of
Scotia -
highest brithem in the land - and enjo**** the
right of
crowning the
kings of the Scots...
- form of
continuity with an
older office, a
senior version of a
Judex or
Brithem, a
native Scottish lawman often with province-wide responsibilities. Mormaer...
