1) Form of vigilante justice
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• The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.
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(from the article `Lynchburg`) ...owned the original town site. During the American Revolution, John`s patriot brother, Charles, set up an irregular court and imposed savage ...
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Lynch' law` The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. » The term
Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful.
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Lynch law (lynching) is a term describing the rough-and-ready administration of justice by a mob in cases where the law is inadequate or dilatory (nowadays popularly meaning the execution of a supposed criminal). The term originates from the practice of Charles Lynch, a farmer in Virginia, USA who during the later part of the 18th century supported...
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[
n] - the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law
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noun the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law
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the administration of summary punishment, esp. death, upon a suspected, accused, or convicted person by a mob acting without legal process or authority.
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