Uraicecht Becc is an Old Irish legal tract on status. Of all status tracts, it has the greatest breadth in coverage, including not only commoners, kings, churchmen and poets, but also a variety of other professional groups, including judges. However, it does not go into as much detail for each group and level as do other status tracts. T.M. Charles-Edwards suggests that it is "almost certainly of Munster origin", as it asserts the supremacy of the king of Munster above other Irish kings and makes reference to the monasteries of Emly

Emly

Emly or Emlybeg is a village in South Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Clanwilliam. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly....

 and Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

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Edition

• D.A. Binchy, Corpus Iuris Hibernici: 1590-1618; 634-655; 2318-2335; & 2255-2282.

Further reading

• Binchy, D. “The date and provenance of Uraicecht becc.” Ériu
  Ériu
  In Irish mythology, Ériu , daughter of Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous matron goddess of Ireland. Her husband was Mac Gréine ....
  
  18 (1958). pp. 44–54.
• Henry, P.L. “A Note on the Brehon Law Tracts of Procedure and Status, Coic Conara fugill and Uraicecht Becc.” ZCP 49 (1997). pp. 311-9.
• Mac Neill, Eoin. Celtic Ireland. Dublin, 1921.
• Mac Neill, Eoin. "Ancient Irish Law: the law of status or franchise." Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 36 C (1923): 265–316: 272-91.