Mutilation
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In criminal law. The depriving a man of the use af any of those limbs which may be useful to him in fight, the loss of which amounts to mayhem. 1 BL Comm. 130.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The depriving a man of the use of any of those limbs which may be useful to him in flght, the loss of which amounts to mayhem. 1 Bla. Com. 130. See Mayhem.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
As applied to written documents, such as wills, court records, and the like, this term means rendering the document imperfect by the subtraction from it of some essential part, as, by cutting, tearing, burning, or erasure, but without totally destroying it. See Woodflll v. Pation, 76 Ind. 583, 40 Am. Rep. 269.
In criminal law. The depriving a man of the use of any of those limbs which may be useful to him in fight, the loss of which amounts to mayhem. 1 Bl. Comm. 130.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Incriminallaw. The depriving a man of the use of any of those limbs which may be useful to him in fight, the loss of which amounts to mayhem. 1 BIL. Comm. 130.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
crim. law, is the depriving a man of the use of any of those limbs, which may be useful to him in fight, the loss of! which amounts to mayhem. 1 BI. Com. 130.