Contusion

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In medical jurisprudence. An injury or lesion, arising from the shock of a body with a large surface, which presents no loss of substance, and no apparent wound. If the skin be divided, the injury takes the name of a contused wound. See 1 Chanc. Prac. 38; 4 Car. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565; 6 Car. & P. 684; 2 Beck, Med. Jur. 178. CONTUTOR (Lat.)

In civil law. A cotutor, or co-guardian. Inst. 1. 24. 1.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A bruise without a breaking of the skin.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In medical Jurisprudence. A bruise; an injury to any external part of the body by the impact of a fall or the blow of a blunt instrument, without laceration of the flesh, and either with or without a tearing of the skin, but in the former case it is more properly called a "contused wound."

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In medical jurisprudence. A bruise; a hurt or injury to the flesh or some part of the body by the blow of a blunt instrument, or by a fal], producing no severance of tissue or apparent wound. If the skin is broken, it is called a “contused wound.”

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

med. jurisp. An injury or lesion, arising from the shock of a body with a large surface, which presents no loss of substance, and no apparent wound. If the skin be divided the injury takes the name of a contused wound. Vide 1 Ch. Pr. 38; 4 Carr. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565; 6 Carr. & P. 684; 2 Beck’s Med. Jur. 178.