Leges inter Brettos et Scottos

The Leges inter Brettos et Scottos, or Laws of the Brets and Scots, was a legal codification issued under David I of Scotland, who reigned from 1124 to 1153. Only a small fragment of the original document survives, describing penalties for offences against people; the term Brets refers to Brythonic peoples while Scots refers to Gaelic-speaking peoples, or in one historian reading, to all peoples living north of the firths of Clyde and Forth. Aside from its importance to Scottish history, the document is notable for its similarity to corresponding areas of Irish Brehon law and Welsh law, which are better preserved and allow reasonable inferences about the laws and customs of medieval southern Scotland. The laws were formally abolished in 1305 by Edward I of England following his invasion of Scotland, but this does not appear to have diminished their influence, since compensation practices they describe, known as galanas or cro, continued to shape Scottish custom into at least the sixteenth century. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/