Word: vehmgericht
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...extreme cases it is necessary to secure justice by extraordinary means. E. g. Vehmgericht; American Revolution; California Vigilance Committees of 1851 and 1856: Royce...
...Lynch law is justifiable only in a rude and uncivilized state of society.- [a] Presupposes corrupt or weak courts; e g Vehmgericht: Kohlrausch, History of Germany, 278-285.- [b] Is an evidence of a tendency to anarchy.- [c] Leads the community to neglect its regular system of laws and justice.- [d] The evil in the Louisiana courts must be attacked from within; the mob has not settled the matter permanently: Nation, March...
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