tanistry

Tanistry continued in force there until the beginning of the last century.

The law of succession, called tanaisteacht, or tanistry, is one of the most peculiar of the Brehon laws.

Freehold and leasehold, primogeniture and entail, took the place of tribal ownership and tanistry.

The customs of "gavelkinde" and "tanistry" were attended with the same absurdity in the distribution of property.

Notwithstanding the above decision, it is probable that a description of tanistry and gavelkind does not exhaust the subject.