codification of Welsh law

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The codification of Welsh law is the comprehensive medieval legal code traditionally attributed to Hywel Dda, which systematized and preserved native Welsh legal practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Welsh law code
legal codification
medieval legal code
aim preservation of Welsh customary law
systematization of native Welsh legal practices
alsoKnownAs Cyfraith Hywel NERFINISHED
Laws of Hywel Dda NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction medieval Wales NERFINISHED
country Wales
describedBySource medieval Welsh law manuscripts
follows native Welsh customary law
hasManuscriptTradition Latin redactions
Welsh redactions
hasPart civil law rules
compensation tariffs
criminal law rules
family law rules
procedural law rules
property law rules
rules on distraint
rules on evidence
rules on fosterage
rules on homicide compensation
rules on insult and injury compensation
rules on land tenure
rules on legal officials
rules on local courts
rules on marriage payments
rules on oaths and sureties
rules on pledges
rules on royal courts
rules on sanctuary
rules on suretyship
rules on theft compensation
status and kinship rules
succession law rules
influenced later Welsh legal practice
scholarly understanding of Celtic law
influencedBy Celtic legal traditions
language Latin
Welsh
legalSystem Welsh law
regulates compensation for wrongs
kinship obligations
landholding and inheritance
royal prerogatives
social status
timePeriod High Middle Ages NERFINISHED
traditionallyAttributedTo Hywel Dda NERFINISHED

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Hywel Dda notableWork codification of Welsh law