mob law

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"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

George Belcher, a Union soldier, but not in sympathy with mob law, heard of Judy's plans, and through Sam Colwell and Zach Cooper, neighbors, I was warned in the evening of the intended raid.

From The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself by Younger, Cole

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.

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