n (? 2 ro + dúrad) u, m. occas. rudra. g
s. rudartha. n
p. rudrada;
rudart[h]a,
Laws v 314.8
. excessive delay
;
lapse of legal right;
prescriptive right, usucaption:
rudrud .i.
ro-dūradh,
Corm. Y 1089
.
rudrad [ruradh v.l.] .i. ro-dura[d]
.i. beith co foda for ferann comaidhtech,
O'Dav. 1355
.
rudrad
.i. ro-duradh .i. anadh fota for tír nach aile,
H 3.18 p. 73
(
O'Curry 119
). inann rudradh re rādh ┐ ro-tairisisium,
H 3.18 p. 286
(
O'Curry
575
). dechmad fri rudrad
a ten-day period of grace on account of an excessive delay
Celtica x 44
. senchathraig . . . imma roerad rudrad
`old cities . . .
wherein ownership has been acquired by long use',
Fél. Prol.
206
. cen rudra im raind | d'óenaigib urgna `without long possession of a share in famous fairs',
Metr. Dinds. iii 14
. Freq. in
law-texts, in which different kinds of r.¤ are distinguished:
ataat rudrad[a] māir ┐ bic. . . . Atte na rudrada mairi no
miditar iar saeglaib na comorba iar n-áesaib techtaib .i. lxx
no lxxx anni. . . . Is ann as rudrad o rosaigh co coiciur. . . .
Ite na rudredui becci toimditar fri bliada[i]n ┐ mís ┐ laithe,
ZCP xii 363.15
,
20
,
22
(
H 3.18 p. 9b
); i.e. `rudrada móra'
are estimated by the normal length of a life-time, a rudrad
extending to five lives, whereas `rudrada beca' are measured
by year, month and day.
ruthrod,
ib. 27
.
rudrad la coic
saegail .i. . . . re rē cuicir,
H 3.18 p. 229a
(
O'Curry 417
).
atait
secht rudart[h]a la Feine . . . rudrad ar aen-la, araile is r.¤ ar
caegad bliadan, araile ni fil comus for a fot na for a ngairde,
Laws v 314.8
(the follg. passage deals with the conditions
under which the seven `rudrada' are determined).
quorum si
unus abesset non usucapio prodest .i. cidh bé do na cúic
gneithibh testebhus uadha ní ba rudra do réir dlighidh
tuaithe no eclaisi,
H 3.17 c. 465
(
O'D. 625
), i.e. usucapio
does not hold either in civil or eccles. law if anything be
lacking of the five life-times. aimsir rudartha gin fogurrudh, ib.