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Jedburgh Justice, otherwise called Jeddart Justice, that unjust procedure whereby a person is sentenced first and tried afterwards. Jedburgh is a Scots Border town in Roxburghshire, where frequent conflicts took place between English and Scots Borderers before the Union. The turbulence of the Scots Borderers led to the establishment of a Court where very summary justice was administered, but whether any actual trial took place after sentence was passed is doubtful. Compare LYNCH LAW, from which, however, it differs from the fact of the 'justice' being done by a duty constituted authority.