Demembration
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In Scots law. The crime of
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Scotch law. Maliciously cutting off or otherwise separating one limb from another. 1 Hume, 323; Bell.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In Scotch law. The crime of cutting ofiF a member. Ersh, Inst, b. 4, tit. 4, § 50.