Coventry Act
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
The English statute 22 (& 23 Car. II. c. 1, enacted for the punishment of the offence of cutting off or disabhng a limb or member, with intent to maim or disfigure. It was so called from being occasioned by an assault on Sir John Coventry in the street. 4 Bl. Com. 207. Crabb's Hist, Eng. Law, 628. This, with other statutes on the same subject, is now repealed by 7 & 8 Geo. IV. c. 27, and 9 Geo. IV. c. 31, which latter act is itself repealed, as far as its provisions relate to this subject, by 7 Will. I V., and 1 Vict. c. 85. 4 Steph. Com. 126, note.