Maim
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
To deprive a person of a member or part of the body, the loss of which renders him less capable of ighting; to commit mayhem, (gq. v.) in this respect, “to wound” is distinguishable from “to maim;”for the latter implics a permanent injury, whereas a wound is any mutilation or laceration which breaks the continuity of the outer skin, i1 Cox, Crim. Cas. 125,