Fasting for Justice under the Brehon Law
Channel: Brehon Academy
Date: 2019-04-28

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This form of distress was called troscud, or 'fasting'. It carried social weight and had legal support as an act of due process. It was a principle which sought to empower a weaker party in compelling a stronger party to comply with justice.

On one hand it provided a mechanism for the parties to deal with the matter privately and protect the nemed's honour; on the other it empowered a weaker party into a much stronger position 

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