Lying In Wait
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Hiding in ambush or concealment.
122 la. 125.
For the purpose of murdering another.
8 W. Va. 769.
To constitute lying in wait, three things must concur, to wit, waiting, watching, and secrecy; and these facts must be established beyond a reasonable doubt, to authorize the conclusion that there was such lying in wait, 9 Humph. (Tenn.) 651. LYNCH law. a common phrase used to express the vengeance of a mob inflicting an injury and committing an outrage upon a person suspected of some oifense. In England this is called "Lidford Law." See also "Jedburgh Justice." LYNDHURST'S (LORD) ACT. This statute (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 54) renders marriages within the prohibited degrees absolutely null and void. Theretofore such marriages were voidable merely.