Cupar justicen.

Brit.

/ˈkuːpə ˌdʒʌstɪs/, U.S.

/ˈkupər ˌdʒəstəs/, Scottish English

/ˈkupər ˌdʒʌstɪs/

Forms: 1900s– Cowper justice; Scottish pre-1700 1700s Couper justice, pre-1700 1800s Cowper justice, 1800s– Coupar justice, 1800s– Cupar justice.

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Cupar , Coupar , justice n.

Etymology: < the name of either of two Scottish towns, Cupar in Fife or Coupar (now Coupar Angus ) in Perthshire (formerly Angus), in which such justice was traditionally said to have been meted out + justice n. Compare Jeddart justice n.The exact circumstances of the origin of the phrase are unclear. For two conflicting accounts, see J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (Suppl., 1825) at Cupar, and Scottish Notes & Queries (1928) June 128/1.

chiefly Scottish (now historical and rare).

Execution of a person before trial; (more widely) summary justice, arbitrary punishment. Cf. Jeddart justice n. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > summary and unjust

Halifax law1565

Lydford law1565

Halifax inquest1598

Cupar justice1681

Jeddart justice1698

lynch law1782

Judge Lynch1835

lynching1835

lynch law1846

kangaroo justice1909

palm-tree justice1959

1681 W. Vilant Rev. & Exam. Bk. Hist. Indulgence 116 It was injustice to condemn men unheard,..but it seemed he had a mind to give them Couper Justice.

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 109 Let the present swearing Trustees, Know they give Conscience Cowper Justice.

1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 95 'Tis not much unlike the thing, which some call Couper-justice; first to hang a man, and then to appoint an Assize.

1706 A. Shields Church-communion Enquired Into Pref. 8 Guilty of Couper Justice and Jedburgh Law as the proverb is.

1716 J. Alexander Let. 14 Apr. in J. Allardyce Hist. Papers rel. to Jacobite Period (1895) I. 126 We travelled to Cupar in Fife and there we met Coupar justice indeed!

1816 Encycl. Perthensis (ed. 2) XII. 425/1 There are still two proverbial expressions currently used in Scotland, of Cupar justice, and Jedburgh justice, founded upon traditions, that at these places men had actually been first hanged, and afterwards tried!

1868 D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster’s Wooing (1873) 33 I'll gie ye Coupar justice.

1892 M. O'C. Morris Memini p. lxix If Sir James Mathew had ventured as a mere magistrate to make such a speech as that with which he opened his court, he would have merited instant removal from the Bench, as Cupar justice is not approved of.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 169/2 In Europe early examples of a similar phenomenon [to lynch law] are found in..Cowper justice and Jeddart justice in the thinly settled and border districts of Great Britain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cupar justice
释义	Cupar justicen. Brit. /ˈkuːpə ˌdʒʌstɪs/, U.S. /ˈkupər ˌdʒəstəs/, Scottish English /ˈkupər ˌdʒʌstɪs/ Forms: 1900s– Cowper justice; Scottish pre-1700 1700s Couper justice, pre-1700 1800s Cowper justice, 1800s– Coupar justice, 1800s– Cupar justice. Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Cupar , Coupar , justice n. Etymology: < the name of either of two Scottish towns, Cupar in Fife or Coupar (now Coupar Angus ) in Perthshire (formerly Angus), in which such justice was traditionally said to have been meted out + justice n. Compare Jeddart justice n.The exact circumstances of the origin of the phrase are unclear. For two conflicting accounts, see J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (Suppl., 1825) at Cupar, and Scottish Notes & Queries (1928) June 128/1. chiefly Scottish (now historical and rare). Execution of a person before trial; (more widely) summary justice, arbitrary punishment. Cf. Jeddart justice n. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > summary and unjust Halifax law1565 Lydford law1565 Halifax inquest1598 Cupar justice1681 Jeddart justice1698 lynch law1782 Judge Lynch1835 lynching1835 lynch law1846 kangaroo justice1909 palm-tree justice1959 1681 W. Vilant Rev. & Exam. Bk. Hist. Indulgence 116 It was injustice to condemn men unheard,..but it seemed he had a mind to give them Couper Justice. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 109 Let the present swearing Trustees, Know they give Conscience Cowper Justice. 1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 95 'Tis not much unlike the thing, which some call Couper-justice; first to hang a man, and then to appoint an Assize. 1706 A. Shields Church-communion Enquired Into Pref. 8 Guilty of Couper Justice and Jedburgh Law as the proverb is. 1716 J. Alexander Let. 14 Apr. in J. Allardyce Hist. Papers rel. to Jacobite Period (1895) I. 126 We travelled to Cupar in Fife and there we met Coupar justice indeed! 1816 Encycl. Perthensis (ed. 2) XII. 425/1 There are still two proverbial expressions currently used in Scotland, of Cupar justice, and Jedburgh justice, founded upon traditions, that at these places men had actually been first hanged, and afterwards tried! 1868 D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster’s Wooing (1873) 33 I'll gie ye Coupar justice. 1892 M. O'C. Morris Memini p. lxix If Sir James Mathew had ventured as a mere magistrate to make such a speech as that with which he opened his court, he would have merited instant removal from the Bench, as Cupar justice is not approved of. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 169/2 In Europe early examples of a similar phenomenon [to lynch law] are found in..Cowper justice and Jeddart justice in the thinly settled and border districts of Great Britain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681
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