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LYNCH LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lynch law mean? 

LYNCH LAW (noun)
  The noun LYNCH LAW has 1 sense:

1. the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of lawplay

  Familiarity information: LYNCH LAW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LYNCH LAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lynch law" is a kind of...):

pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)


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