{"id":16045,"date":"2020-09-29T09:02:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T16:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=16045"},"modified":"2020-09-29T09:03:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T16:03:20","slug":"word-built-world-jedburgh-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/09\/29\/word-built-world-jedburgh-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Word-built world:  Jedburgh justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PRONUNCIATION:  (JED-buh-ruh juhs-tis)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/jedburgh_justice.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ecp.yusercontent.com\/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwordsmith.org%2Fwords%2Fimages%2Fsound-icon.png&amp;t=1601395241&amp;ymreqid=3424e100-25d4-8d73-2f80-d10a1d014500&amp;sig=KuAGkDB95M0uJXiEsjsmQQ--~D\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MEANING:  <em>noun<\/em>: Punishment before trial.<br><br>ETYMOLOGY:  After Jedburgh, a town in Scotland, where in the 17th century people were summarily executed. The town lies on the Jed Water river. Earliest documented use: 1698.<br><br>NOTES:  Jedburgh justice, also known as Jedwood justice or Jeddart justice, is, in essence: Hang now, ask questions later. The term is coined after Jedburgh, a town near Edinburgh, where under the orders of King James VI of England, people were executed without trial. See also:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/lynch.html\">lynch<\/a>.<br><br>USAGE:  \u201cA Black defendant is presumed guilty and he or she has a legal duty to prove his or her innocence beyond a shadow of a doubt. There are still no guarantees, however. This is Jedburgh justice.\u201d<br>Alton H Maddox, Jr.; FDR\u2019s \u201cRaw Deal and Blacks\u201d;\u00a0<em>New York Amsterdam News<\/em>; Jun 14, 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRONUNCIATION: (JED-buh-ruh juhs-tis)\u00a0 MEANING: noun: Punishment before trial. ETYMOLOGY: After Jedburgh, a town in Scotland, where in the 17th century people were summarily executed. The town lies on the Jed Water river. Earliest documented use: 1698. NOTES: Jedburgh justice, also known as Jedwood justice or Jeddart justice, is, in essence:&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/09\/29\/word-built-world-jedburgh-justice\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16045"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16048,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16045\/revisions\/16048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}