mob law

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"It's mob law," said the Lieutenant, indignantly, "and I won't stand for it."

From The Barrier by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

I think I said something about mob law.

From Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Held in Boston, in February, 1851. by Various

When he saw, however, that mob law was about to usurp the place of the Republican institutions for which he had striven, he leaned towards the court and advocated the sacrosanctity of the King's person.

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various

As this was likely to be mob law Sanders, and not Judge LeMonde, was elected chairman and the deliberations commenced at once.

From The Kentucky Ranger by Curnick, Edward T.

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.