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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Ordinarily, only a member useful in fight, and the loss of which would amount to mayhem at common law.
1 Bl. Comm. 130.
Sometimes metaphorically used for general physical safety. LI MEN ARCH A (Graeco-Lat.) In the Roman law. An officer who had charge of a harbor or port.
Dig. 50. 4. 18. 10; Code 7. 16. 38.