LIDFORD LAW

By SovConn | June 15, 2013

Lidford law (lid-f<<schwa>>rd).Hist. A form of lynch law permitting a person to be punished first and tried later. • The term took its name from the town of Lidford (now Lydford) where this type of action supposedly took place. Cf. Jedburgh justice under JUSTICE(1).
[Blacks Law 8th]

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