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Lynch law
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What's The Definition Of Lynch law?
[n] the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lynch law: Related Terms | Find terms related to Lynch law: anarchism | anarcho-syndicalism | anarchy | antinomianism | chaos | confusion | criminal syndicalism | disorder | disorderliness | disorganization | disruption | misrule | mob law | mob rule | mobocracy | nihilism | ochlocracy | primal chaos | rebellion | revolution | syndicalism | tohubohu | turmoil | unruliness Lynch law In Webster's Dictionary \Lynch" law`\
The act or practice by private persons of inflicting
punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of
law.
Note: 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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