Stab
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To make a wound with a pointed instrument. A stab differs from a cut or a wound. 3 ha. Ann. 514; Russ. & R. 356; Russ. Crimes, 597; Bac. Abr. "Maihem" (B).
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To make a wound with a pointed instrument. A stab differs from a cut or a wound. Russ. & R. 356; Russ. Cr. 597; Bac. Abr. Maihem (B).
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
To wound with a pointed instrument; to penetrate the skin at least, and draw blood.3 See Cut, 1.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Imports a wound made with a pointed instrument. State u. Patza, 3 La. Ann. 512. To constitute stabbing, the knife need not enter further than to penetrate the skin and draw blood; certainly half an incli, or even one-eighth of an inch, would be deep enough. Ward c^. State, 56 Ga. 408. Stabitprsesnmptio, donee probetur in contrarium. A presumption shall stand, until proof to the contrary is made; a presumption prevails until rebutted. This maxim underlies the whole doctrine of presumptions. Broom Max. Some presumptions may be rebutted by negative as well as positive evidence. Thus the presumption that one has done an act the not doing of which would make him criminally liable, may be rebutted by showing that he performed the act subsequently to the proper time for peif ormance; for if he had done the act seasonably, form is standum erit proesumptioni, donee, &c.