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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lynch law n. 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 lynch law
      n : the practice of punishing people by hanging without due
          process of law