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Diffacere

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or DISFACERE (Law Lat.; old Pr. deffacer).

In old European law. To disfigure or deface; to mutilate; to destroy. Spelman; LL. Longobard, lib. 1, tit. 25. 1. 68. Diffactio, a mutilating or maiming. Whishaw.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To destroy; to disfigure or deface,

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

To destroy; to disfigure or defice. Diffiicile est ut unus homo vicem duorum sustineat. 4 Coke, 118. It is diftienlt that one man should sustain the place of two.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Disfacere. L. Lat. [O. Fr. deffacer.] In old European law. To disfigure or deface; to mutilate; to destroy. Spelman. LL. Longobard. lib. 1, tit. 25, l. 68, cited ibid. Diffactio; a mutilating or maiming. Whishaw.