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• mob rule — index anarchy, lynch law Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• mob rule — n mob law, lynch law, kangaroo court, Reign of Terror FORMAL ochlocracy COLLOQ. mobocracy * * * mob rule UK US noun [uncountable] a situation in which a crowd of people control a place illegally …   Useful english dictionary

• mob rule — Synonyms and related words: absolute monarchy, anarchism, anarcho syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, aristocracy, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, chaos, coalition government, colonialism, commonwealth, confusion, constitutional government,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• mob rule — n mobocracy, ochlocracy, vigilante rule, vigilantism, lynch law, Ku Kluxism, Ku Kluxery, taking the law into one s own hands; terrorism, Reign of Terror, violence, brute force; lawlessness, riot, turmoil, tumult, chaos, pandemonium, mayhem,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• mob rule — /mɒb ˈrul/ (say mob roohl) noun the putting into effect of the will of an unruly gathering of people who have overthrown the established law and governance …  

• mob law — law of the masses, rule of the populace, mob rule …   English contemporary dictionary

• Rule of law — The rule of law, in its most basic form, is the principle that no one is above the law. Thomas Paine stated in his pamphlet Common Sense (1776): For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and… …   Wikipedia

• rule — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 what you can or cannot do, say, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, cardinal, first, fundamental, golden ▪ ground rules ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• mob — n. & v. n. 1 a disorderly crowd; a rabble. 2 (prec. by the) usu. derog. the populace. 3 colloq. a gang; an associated group of persons. 4 Austral. a flock or herd. v.tr. & intr. (mobbed, mobbing) 1 tr. a crowd round in order to attack or admire.… …   Useful english dictionary

• mob — mob1 [mɔb US ma:b] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: mobile vulgus excitable crowd , from mobilis; MOBILE1] 1.) a large noisy crowd, especially one that is angry and violent mob of ▪ a mob of a few hundred demonstrators ▪ They were immediately …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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