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Ictus

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A bruise.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Old English Law. A stroke or blow from a club or stone; a bruise, contusion, or swelling produced by such blow, as distinguished from "plaga" (a wound). Fleta, Ub. 1, c. 41, 3. ICTUS ORBiS (Lat). In Medical Jurisprudence. A maim, a bruise, or swelling; any hurt without cutting the skin. When the skin is cut, the injury is called a wound. Bracton, lib. 2, tr. 2, c. 5 and 24. Ictus is often used by medical authors In the sense of percussus. It is applied to the pulsation of the arteries, to any external lesion of the body produced by violence; also, to the wound inflicted by a scorpion or venalso, to the eyeballs: ocuU dicuntur orhes. Castelli, Lex. Med. ID E8T (Lat). That Is. Commonly abbreviated 4. e.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. A stroke or blow from a club or stone; a bruise, contusion or swelling produced by a blow from a club or stone, as distinguished from "plaga," (a wound.) Fleta, lib. 1, c. 41, § 3.

Ictus orbis. In medical jurisprudence. A maim, a bruise, or swelling; any hurt without cutting the skin. When the skin is cut, the injury is called a "wound." Bract, lib. 2, tr. 2. cc. 5, 24.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In old English law. A blow from a club or stone; a bruise, or swelling produced by such a blow. Ictus orbus: a stroke which made a bruise or swelling, without breaking the skin. Id, L That Id certum est quod certum reddi potest: that is certain which can be made certain; —, sed id magis certum est quod de semetipso est certum: that is certain which can be made certain, but that is more certain which is certain of itself. Id est: that is. Id perfectura est quod ex omnibus suis partibus constat: that is perfect which consists of all its parts. Id possumus quod de jure possumus: we can do that which we can do lawfully. Id quod est mag'is reraotum non trahit ad se quod est lua^is junctum, sed e contrario in omni casu: that which is more remote does not draw to itself that which is more near, but the reverse, in every case. Id quod nostrum est sine facto nostro ad alinm transferrl non potest: that which is ours cannot be transferred to another without our act.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In old English law. A stroke or blow from a club or stone; a bruise, contusion, or swelling produced by a blow from a club or stone, as distinguished from “plaga,” (a wound.) Fleta, lib. 1, c. 41, § 3.