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Informal In-group Justice

Scope Note

Informal mechanisms for adjusting grievances and applying sanctions within the community; private retaliation (e.g., lynching, tarring and feathering, feuding); negotiation and compromise; informal hearings before the headman or local council; etc.

Broader Term
620 Community
Related Terms
672 Liability
680 Offenses And Sanctions
690 Justice
Use Fors
Avenge
Blood money (informal in-group justice)
Blood vengeance (use in intracommunity justice)
Conflict resolution
Duels (informal justice)
Feuds (informal ingroup justice)
Informal in-group justice
Ingroup justice (informal)
Justice (informal ingroup)
Lynching (informal justice)
Peacemaking within communities
Retaliation (private)
Revenge
Tarring and feathering (informal ingroup justice)
Vendetta (ingroup justice)
Vigilantes (as informal ingroup justice)
Identifier
627

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