Castration
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The act of gelding. When this act is maliciously performed upon a man, it is a mayhem, and punishable as such, although the sufferer consented to it; 2 Bish. Cr. Law §§ 1001, 1008. By the ancient law of England the crime was punished by retaliation, membrum pro membro; Co. 3d Inst. 118. It is punished in the United States, generally, by fine and imprisonment. The civil law punished it with death; Dig. 74.
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For the French law, vide Code Penal art.
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The consequences of castration, when complete, are impotence and sterility; 1 Beck, Med. Jur. 72. Voluntary castration after marriage is no ground of divorce; Berger v. Berger, 23 Pa. Co. Ct R. 232.