Demembration
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Scotch law
Maliciously cutting off or otherwise separating one limb from another. 1 Hume, 323; Bell. Diet. DEMENS (Lat.) One who has lost his mind through sickness or some other cause; DEMENTENANT EN AVANT (Law Fr.) From this time forward.
Kelham.