"lynch law" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1853, Leon Faucher, chapter IV, in Thomson Hankey, transl., Remarks on the Production of the Precious Metals, and on the Demonetization of Gold in Several Countries in Europe, 2nd revised edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., →OCLC, page 50:",
          "text": "Anarchy still reigns in this new country;—not only have the miners to defend their persons and their acquisitions against the incursions from Indian tribes; not only are crimes and offences common (lynch law maintaining a permitted existence instead of laws and police); but every one appears to hold his property by right of first comer: a miner choses the spot he likes best; a strong arm and a carbine, with a steady eye, are his title deeds. To seize upon a rich \"placer\" from a miner too weak to resist, is called in the slang of the district, to \"jump a claim.\" The President of the United States himself, stated in his last message, that \"The mineral lands should remain free to every citizen;\" and the Secretary of State has added, \"that the right of occupancy should be submitted only to such laws as the miners themselves thought fit to make.\"",
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          "ref": "1853, Leon Faucher, chapter IV, in Thomson Hankey, transl., Remarks on the Production of the Precious Metals, and on the Demonetization of Gold in Several Countries in Europe, 2nd revised edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., →OCLC, page 50:",
          "text": "Anarchy still reigns in this new country;—not only have the miners to defend their persons and their acquisitions against the incursions from Indian tribes; not only are crimes and offences common (lynch law maintaining a permitted existence instead of laws and police); but every one appears to hold his property by right of first comer: a miner choses the spot he likes best; a strong arm and a carbine, with a steady eye, are his title deeds. To seize upon a rich \"placer\" from a miner too weak to resist, is called in the slang of the district, to \"jump a claim.\" The President of the United States himself, stated in his last message, that \"The mineral lands should remain free to every citizen;\" and the Secretary of State has added, \"that the right of occupancy should be submitted only to such laws as the miners themselves thought fit to make.\"",
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