Bretha Déin Chécht

Bretha Déin Chécht (Old Irish for "Judgments of Dian Cécht": xvi ) is an early Irish legal text on the law of illegal injury, detailing the fines due to the injured in a great multitude of cases. The title attributes it to the mythological physician Dian Cecht.

It is the 34th text of the Senchas Már. It directly follows Bretha Crólige, a sister-tract on illegal injury.

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