单词 | judge lynch |
释义 | Judge Lynchn. Originally and chiefly U.S. Now historical. A hypothetical judge who tries and sentences alleged offenders under lynch law (see lynch law n.). Also: lynch law itself.See note at lynch v. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > summary and unjust Halifax law1565 Lydford law1565 Halifax inquest1598 Cupar justice1681 Jeddart justice1698 lynch law1782 Judge Lynch1835 lynching1835 lynch law1846 kangaroo justice1909 palm-tree justice1959 1835 Logansport (Indiana) Canal Tel. 28 Feb. He told, at the repeated solicitations of Judge Lynch, where the money was concealed. 1899 Secret Service 4 Aug. 22/1 ‘Feller citizens!’ he shouted, ‘in accordance with the law of this county we air about to execute the sentence of Judge Lynch upon this man.’ 1938 Winona (Minnesota) Republican-Herald 14 Feb. 6/7 Judge Lynch was responsible for only eight deaths in this country in 1937, according to the record kept by [the] Tuskegee Institute. 2015 S. Carolina Hist. Mag. 116 307 The states diverged wildly in their application of Judge Lynch, with Mississippi leading the former Confederacy in outbursts and South Carolina ensconced near the bottom of that same list. Compounds Compounds with Judge Lynch's, with the sense ‘of or belonging to (the hypothetical) Judge Lynch; characterized by mob justice’; as Judge Lynch’s court, Judge Lynch’s law, Judge Lynch’s sentence, etc. ΚΠ 1835 Hillsborough (N. Carolina) Record 6 Aug. It is said that during the execution of Judge Lynch's sentence, the culprit frequently begged to be shot, but was told that such a death was too easy for him. 1835 Niles' Reg. 22 Aug. 436/2 Apprehending judge Lynch's law, he put out in a hurry. He was pursued and caught... There was some defect in the indictment..which the advocates of judge Lynch's court thought proper to rectify, and Mr. Damewood's back bears evident marks of the supremacy of Lynch's law. 1900 S. A. Hamilton Vengeance of Mob (back matter) An exciting story of Florida, in which the characteristics and the effects of ‘Judge Lynch's’ rule are exploited. 1967 O. Osofsky Burden of Race 179 Negroes who were supposedly insolent.., used abusive language to white women, murdered white men and so on were subject to Judge Lynch's law. 2009 Sunday Independent (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 11 Jan. 12 Those good ole redneck sheriffs from the Deep South..who would stand benignly back while Judge Lynch's merry men threw a rope over a tree branch, lit a burning cross, and hauled their victim aloft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835 |
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