3422.
McLeod
(Neil): Irish law: significant numbers and the law of status.
In
Peritia 9
(1995), pp. 155–166.
On the origin and significance of the numerical series 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30 (supplemented by 2, 20, 42) used to set periods of time and to calculate payments, and the anomalous reordering of grades found in certain texts.
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