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I used to have a friend named Lynch. He says the name came from the term linchpin. A linchpin is a critical part of some old ships harness, horse harnesses and so on that lock two parts together.
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∙ 15y agoLynch originates from mid 19th century: from Lynch's law, early form of lynch law 'the practice of killing an alleged criminal by lynchin,' named after Capt. Willian Lynch, head of a self-constituted judicial tribunal in Virginia c.1780.
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∙ 11y agoNamed after the American William Lynch known for his vigilante committees. However a 17th Century court in Southern England proclaimed Lyndford Law where people were hanged first and indited afterwards
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