Throat
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Medical Jurisprudence. The The word throat, in an indictment which charged the defendant with murder by cutting the throat of the deceased, does not mean, and is not to be confined to, that part of the neck which is scientifically called the throat, but signifies that which is commonly called the throat. 6 C. & P. 401.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In medical Jurisprudence. The front or anterior part of the neck. Where one was indicted for murder by "cutting the throat" of the decoased, it was held that the word "throat" was not to be confined to that part of the neck which is scientifically so called, but must be taken in its common acceptation. Rex v. Edwards, 6 Car. & P. 401.