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William Lynch — Loi de Lynch Lynchage en 1774 Un certain William Lynch (1736 1796), « patriote » de Virginie, décida de « réformer » la façon dont la justice était appliquée dans sa région durant les prolégomènes de la guerre d indépendance.… … Wikipédia en Français
William Lynch Speech — NOTOC The William (or Willie) Lynch Speech (or Letter) is an address purportedly delivered by William Lynch to an audience on the bank of the James River in Virginia in 1712 regarding control of slaves within the colony.cite web… … Wikipedia
William Lynch (Lynch law) — Captain William Lynch (1742–1820) was a man from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, who claimed to be the source of the terms lynch law and lynching . He is not the William Lynch who allegedly made the William Lynch Speech in 1712, as the date on… … Wikipedia
Lynch — , LYNCH LAW Lynch law is mob law, condemnation without due process as required by the Constitution. The victim of a trial by a vigilante committee was usually given summary execution. Word historians have been perturbed by the history of … Dictionary of eponyms
lynch law — n [after William Lynch (1742–1820), American vigilante]: the punishment of presumed crimes usu. by death without due process of law Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. lynch law … Law dictionary
lynch — (v.) 1835, from earlier Lynch law (1811), likely named after William Lynch (1742 1820) of Pittsylvania, Virginia, who c.1780 led a vigilance committee to keep order there during the Revolution. Other sources trace the name to Charles Lynch (1736… … Etymology dictionary
lynch — ► VERB ▪ (of a group) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging. DERIVATIVES lyncher noun. ORIGIN from Lynch s law, named after Captain William Lynch, head of a self constituted judicial tribunal in… … English terms dictionary
William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven — PC (1722 – 28 May 1794), known as Sir William Mayne, Bt, between 1763 and 1776, was a British politician. Mayne was the eldest son of the second marriage of William Mayne, of Powis Logie, Clackmannanshire.[1] He was returned to the Irish House of … Wikipedia
lynch — [lıntʃ] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: William Lynch (1724 1820), U.S. citizen who organized illegal trials in Virginia] if a crowd of people lynches someone, they kill them, especially by ↑hanging them, without using the usual legal process… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lynch law — lynch′ law n. the administration of summary punishment, esp. death, upon a presumed offender by a mob • Etymology: 1805–15, after the self instituted tribunals presided over by William Lynch (1742–1820) of Pittsylvania, Va., c1776 … From formal English to slang
