mob law
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It hardly need be said, that without exception, the current of English thought deprecates the rule of mob law, and the conscience of England is shocked by the revelation made during the present crusade.
From The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States by Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
"It is hard to believe that they would yield up their country to mob law."
From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.
From such topics as citizenship, social and legal discrimination, disfranchisement, and mob law, the historian will learn much by observing how these things impressed this worker in the South and his reaction on them.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various
"It's mob law," said the Lieutenant, indignantly, "and I won't stand for it."
From The Barrier by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
A man acting in your capacity," said the factor, "should never make use of such expressions-never give encouragement to mob law.
From Manuel Pereira by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)