Mayhem
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In criminal law. The act of unlawfully and violently depriving another fend himself or annoy his adversary.
4 Bi. Comm. 205.
Every person who unlawfully and maliciously deprives a human being of a member of his body, or disables, disfigures, or renders it useless, or cuts or disables the tongue, or puts out an eye, or slits the nose, ear, or lip, is guilty of mayhem.
Pen. Code Cal. § 203.