- Jedwood justice
- Apparently the same as Jedburgh justice.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Jedwood justice
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Jedburgh justice — An ancient name for modern lynch law, under which a prisoner is put to death without a trial. Sir Walter Scott refers to a species of lynching when he refers to what was called Jedwood justice, hang in haste and try at leisure. State v Lewis, 142 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Jedburgh justice — /jedbara jastas/ Summary justice inflicted upon a marauder or felon without a regular trial, equivalent to lynch law. So called from a Scotch town, near the English border, where raiders and cattle lifters were often summarily hung. Also written… … Black's law dictionary
Jedburgh justice — /jedbara jastas/ Summary justice inflicted upon a marauder or felon without a regular trial, equivalent to lynch law. So called from a Scotch town, near the English border, where raiders and cattle lifters were often summarily hung. Also written… … Black's law dictionary
Lidford law — Same as Jedwood justice … Ballentine's law dictionary
Jedburgh — JEDBURGH, a burgh, market town, and parish, in the district of Jedburgh, county of Roxburgh, of which it is the capital, 11 miles (S. W. by S.) from Kelso, and 49 (S. E. by S.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Bongate,… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
