(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:59:22

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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