Decapitation
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Beheading.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The act of beheading. A mode of capital punishment by cutting off the head.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The act of beheading. A mode of capital punishment by cutting off the head.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Capital, 1.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
puntshment, the punishment of putting a person to death by taking off his head.