Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Development of the Plains.
Immediate, often brutal punishment (such as lynching) carried out by a mob or vigilance committee without a formal, legal trial.
Summary justice appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The American West, especially Development of the Plains and Development of Settlement.
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