Lynching

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85079157
- info:lc/authorities/sh85079157
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85079157#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Lynch law
Broader Terms
- Homicide
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12652423r
Sources
- found: Amer. Heritage dict. (lynch: to execute without due process of law, esp. to hang, as by a mob)
- found: Random House (lynch: to put to death, esp. by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority)
- notfound: Nat. crim. just. thes.
LC Classification
- HV6455-HV6471
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1994-12-05: revised

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