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lynch law

lynch law noun: the practice of condemning and punishing a person by mob action without a proper trial.

Noun

lynch law (uncountable)

  1. The practice of condemning and punishing a person by mob action without a proper trial.
    • Anarchy still reigns in this new country;—not only have the miners to defend their persons and their acquisitions against the incursions from Indian tribes; not only are crimes and offences common (lynch law maintaining a permitted existence instead of laws and police); but every one appears to...1853, Leon Faucher, chapter IV, in Thomson Hankey, transl., Remarks on the Production of the Precious Metals, and on the Demonetization of Gold in Several Countries in Europe, 2nd revised edition...

Questions about lynch law

What does lynch law mean?
Lynch law means the practice of condemning and punishing a person by mob action without a proper trial.
What part of speech is lynch law?
Lynch law is a noun.

Words near lynch law in the dictionary

  1. Lynams
  2. Lynbrook
  3. lyncean
  4. Lynceus
  5. lynch
  6. lynch law
  7. lynch mob
  8. lynch mobs
  9. Lynch syndrome
  10. lynchable
  11. Lynchburg

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