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Cupar Justice
Same as “Jedburgh Justice,” hang first and try afterwards.
Abingdon Law is another phrase. It is said that Major-General Brown,
of Abingdon, in the Commonwealth, first hanged his prisoners and then
tried them.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Cupar Justice from Infoplease:
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- Jedwood Justice - Jedwood Justice Putting an obnoxious person to death first, and trying him afterwards. This sort of ...
- Lydford Law - Lydford Law is, punish first and try afterwards. Lydford, in the county of Devon, was a fortified ...
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: C - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "C"
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