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Limb

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A member of the human body. In the phrase "Ilfe and limb," the latter term appears to denote bodily integrity in general; but in the definition of "mayhem" it refers only to those members or parts of the body which may be useful to a man in fighting.

1 Bl. Comm. 130.