mob law

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The duel is a relic of barbarism and should be no longer tolerated; it is mob law, really, and indefensible, with two persons defying the statutes instead of a thousand.

From Kennedy Square by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

"No," said Brookhouse, shortly, "I'm going home; I don't believe in mob law."

From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.

"With mills and mill-hands," her ladyship announced to Mr. Laurence, the mill-owner, when chance first threw them together, "with mills and mill-hands come murder, massacre, and mob law."

From A Fair Barbarian by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

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

William Cullen Bryant, editor of The Post, one of the purest men that ever stood at the head of a daily paper, also spoke out grandly against mob law, and for the rights of woman.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady