Halifax law, Lydford law: the summary procedure of certain local tribunals which had or assumed the power of inflicting sentence of death on…
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| 释义 | society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > summary and unjust (11) Halifax law1565 Halifax law, Lydford law: the summary procedure of certain local tribunals which had or assumed the power of inflicting sentence of death on… Lydford law1565 Halifax law, Lydford law: the summary procedure of certain local tribunals which had or assumed the power of inflicting sentence of death on… Halifax inquest1598 †Court of Inquest (see quot. 1706). †Halifax inquest, a summary trial. inquest of office, (a) (see quot. 1768); (b) ‘loosely used of an inquiry into… Cupar justice1681 Execution of a person before trial; (more widely) summary justice, arbitrary punishment. Cf. Jeddart justice, n. Also figurative. Jeddart justice1698 Execution of a person before trial; (more widely) summary justice, arbitrary punishment. Cf. earlier Cupar justice, n. lynch law1782 The practice of inflicting summary punishment on an alleged or convicted offender, (originally) by a self-constituted court having no legal… Judge Lynch1835 A hypothetical judge who tries and sentences alleged offenders under lynch law (see lynch law, n.). Also: lynch law itself. lynching1835 The action or practice of inflicting extralegal summary punishment on an alleged or convicted offender; (in later use) esp. the public execution… lynch law1846 In extended use: any form of justice considered to be without regard to recognized or statutory judicial principles. kangaroo justice1909 the trying of a person by an unauthorized court, as a kangaroo court; also, the decision of such a court, taken with a disregard for normal legal… palm-tree justice1959 justice summarily administered, esp. without regard for legal principle or precedent. |
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