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Meanings of self-administered justice in English

The (unlawful) retaliation for an injustice that the affected person carries out himself.

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        Examples for "frontier justice"
        Examples for "frontier justice"
        1
        Foster thought this was frontier justice and urged another objection.
        Carmen's Messenger
        2
        Quinn, a passionate advocate for the mentally ill, and Bo, the defense attorney with a unique sense of frontier justice.
        By reason of insanity
        3
        They threw at and near batters regularly with a frontier justice mentality, the kind of machismo that mostly had disappeared from the game.
        The Yankee Years
        4
        "I'll settle for frontier justice and getting the hell away."
        Anvil of stars
        1
        True, one can detect a taste for vigilante justice in many pictures.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Any watchdog effort is relegated to the realm of virtual vigilante justice.
        Wired
        3
        He didn't regret the kill; it hadn't been an act of vigilante justice.
        The vampire hunter the vampire hunter the vampire hunter
        4
        Smith said he left New Zealand to escape the " vigilante justice system".
        Radio NZ
        5
        It's not perfect, but vigilante justice is not the answer.
        By reason of insanity