Bruise
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Medical Jurisprudence. An injury done with violence to the person, without breaking the skin: it is nearly synonymous with contusion (q. v.).
1 Ch. Pr. 38. See 4 C. & P. 381, 487, 558.