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单词 HALIFAX LAW
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A synonym for lynch law, or the summary (and unauthorized) trial ofa person accused of crime and the infliction of death upon him; from the name of theparish of Halifax, in England, where anciently this form of private justice was practisedby the free burghers In the case of persons accused of stealing; also called “gibbetlaw.”

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