Birlaw

Bir´law


n.1.(Law) A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by-law.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The 18 essays discuss borrowing from the Welsh lawbooks, birlaw courts and birleymen, evidence from 18th-century England concerning the value of judicial independence, indigenous customary rights and the common law in Aotearoa in New Zealand, the Spanish champaign case, and other topics.