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Definition of Mayhems
1. mayhem [n] - See also: mayhem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayhems
Literary usage of Mayhems
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections by Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd, John Bouvier (1846)
"BY the old common law castration was punished with death, and other mayhems with
the loss of member for member; but of later days mayhem was punishable only ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1884)
"But the cutting off his ear, r*2o«l or nose, or the like, are not held to be
mayhems at common law; be- *• -" cause they do not weaken but only disfigure ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, with an Analysis of the Work by William Blackstone, Edward Christian, Joseph Chitty, John Eykyn Hovenden, Thomas Lee, Archer Ryland (1853)
"But the cutting off his ear, or nose, or the like, [*206] are not held to be
mayhems at common law ; because they do not weaken but only disfigure him. ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty, Richard Peters (1819)
"... on whatever provocation it was committed. 3 Inst. 118. 4 Bla. Com. 206.
The ancient law as to mayhems, perhaps with this exception, adjudged the ..."
5. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"But cutting off the ear or nose or the like, are not held to be mayhems at common
law. 4 Bl. Com. 205. ..."
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