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| | Celtic Law - A Short Summary |
 | | Aditionally some texts speak of "doer nemed" ("base nemed") people which includes the physician, the judge, flsmith, coppersmith, harpist, carpenter and other craftsmen as the lower part of the nemed rank, but it is clear that those ranks did not enjoy all the privileges of the above-mentioned five groups of persons. |
 | | Nemed rank confers some priviledges: E.g., the property of a nemed cannot be distrained (legal term to be explained later) in the usual manner, instead it has first to be fasted against him. |
 | | The fast takes place outside the nemed's house and, at least according to later commentaries, only last from sundown to sunrise (thereby the claimant misses the main evening meal) for a certain period, rather than to death or settlement. |
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