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Definition of Maihem
1. n. See Maim, and Mayhem.
Definition of Maihem
1. Noun. (obsolete used chiefly before 1900) (alternative form of mayhem), in the sense of maiming or causing bodily harm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maihem
1. mayhem [n -S] - See also: mayhem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maihem
Literary usage of Maihem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1851)
"maihem is the mutilation of a member ; and it may be called maihem when any person
is in any part of his body disabled from fighting. Co. Litt. 126. ..."
2. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1851)
"But breaking a molar tooth, or cutting off an ear or nose, is no maihem at common
law, ... maihem is the mutilation of a member ; and it may be called ..."
3. The Justice's Case Law: Being a Concise Abridgment of All the Cases of Crown (1731)
"One indicted only for a maihem, for gelding a Monk. Nelf. 3 /»/. 1 8 8. DEER in
a Park go to the Heir, and not the Executor. Owen 20. 2 Leon. 222. ..."
4. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1877)
"It is a maihem to pull any bone out of a man's hand, or to cut off any finger of a
... Gelding of a man is also a maihem; though it be in a secret place, ..."
5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1890)
"If a man do put out the eye, or cut off the hand, or foot, or any joynt of the
hand or foot of another, it is maihem, though it be done bv ..."
6. New Commentaries on the Criminal Law Upon a New System of Legal Exposition by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1892)
"... and nothing is recovered by it bnt damages." Pulton, however, fol. 1C, after
saying that "an appeale of maihem is in effect hnt an action of trespass, ..."
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