Castration
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In criminal law. 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. Crim. Law, §§ 842, 847.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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. 8. 4. 2. For the French law, vide Code Penal art. 316. 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.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The act of depriving a il