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St. Patrick upon the introduction of Christianity in Ireland. (279)E r gleicht sehr d. Teutonic Laws u. English Common Law. Putting in a poundkommt noch darin von d. Speciality drin: “ I f the defendant or debtorwere a person of chieftain grade, it was necessary not only to givenotice, but also to fast upon him. The fasting upon him consisted in185 going to his residence and waiting there a certain time without | food.If the plaintiff did not within a certain time receive satisfaction for hisclaim, or a pledge therefore, he forthwith, accompanied by a law-agent,witnesses, and others, seized his distress” etc. (p. 280-81. Cf. Senchus Mor.ist vol. remarks of the Editor.) Erlaubte d. Schuldner nicht his cattle togo to pound u. gab er sufficient pledge (e.g. his son, or some article o f value,to the creditor, that he68 would within a certain time try the right to thedistress by law, the creditor was bound to receive such pledge. If he didnot go to law, as he so undertook, the pledge became forfeitedfor the originaldebt.” (p. 282. [Noch heut zu T ag bei distress in Oudh d. creditor landlordtakes ausser cattle (dies vor allem etc) auc(h) Personen als Sklaven. SeeThe Garden of India von Irwin.] [Im Wesentlichen d. Irische law hier mehridentisch mit d. Leges Barbarorum als mit d. Englischen.] “ The distress ofthe Senchus M or is not, like the Distress of the English Common Law ,a remedy confined in the main to demands of the lord on his tenants; as in theSalic u. andren Leges Barbarorum it extends to breaches of contract u., so faras the Brehon law is already known, it would appear to be the universalmethod o f prosecuting claims o f all kinds.” (p. 283) The Irish stay ofproceedings (D it him) entspricht einigen provisions in d. leges barbarorum. Ineinigen derselben when a person’s property is about to be seized he makesa mimic resistance; im Salic law he protests against the injustice o f theattempt; im Ripuarian law he goes through the formality o f standing at hisdoor with a drawn sword. Thereupon the seizure is interrupted u. opportunitygiven for enquiring into the regularity of the proceedings etc. (284)M it d. English law hat d. Irische speciell gemein - was ganz absent fromthe Teutonic procedures - the “ impounding” , the “ taking in withernam”u. namtlich dass nicht required “ assistance od. permission from any Courtof Justice. (2 84)69 Dies nur im Lombardic law (unter den leges barbarorum)(I.e.) Ferner - u. dies in England erst dch Statute Law eingeführt - imBrehon Law the seizure of cattle nicht nur als a method of satisfaction,sondern it provides for their forfeiture in discharge of the demand for whichthey are taken. (285)Sohm sucht zu beweisen dass d. Fränkischen Volksgerichte nicht ihre eignenDekrete exequirten; versprach der defendant to submit to an award, thelocal deputy of the K ing might be required to enforce it, aber, when nosuch promise, the plaintiff was forced to petition the King in person u. in d.älteren Zeiten, vor full development der kgl. Gewalt, Courts o f Justiceexisted less for the purpose of doing right generally than for the purposeo f supplying an alternative to the violent redress of wrong___ The Norse321