Definition of Contusion | OpenJurist

Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

Contusion

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
A bruise without a breaking of the skin.
Contusion

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
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."