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1. (n.) lynch law
the administration of summary punishment, esp. death, upon a presumed offender by a mob.
Etymology: (1805–15, after the self-instituted tribunals presided over by William Lynch (1742–1820) of Pittsylvania, Va., c1776)
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1. (noun) lynch law
the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law
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1. lynch law
the act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law
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1. lynch law
the name given in America to the trial and punishment of offenders without form of law, or by mob law; derived from the name of a man Lynch, dubbed Judge, who being referred to used to administer justice in the far West in this informal way.
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