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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maim  \Maim\,  n.  [Written  in  law  language  {maihem},  and 
  {mayhem}.]  [OF.  mehaing  See  {Maim},  v.] 
  1.  The  privation  of  the  use  of  a  limb  or  member  of  the  body, 
  by  which  one  is  rendered  less  able  to  defend  himself  or  to 
  annoy  his  adversary. 
 
  2.  The  privation  of  any  necessary  part  a  crippling; 
  mutilation;  injury;  deprivation  of  something  essential. 
  See  {Mayhem}. 
 
  Surely  there  is  more  cause  to  fear  lest  the  want 
  there  of  be  a  maim  than  the  use  of  it  a  blemish. 
  --Hooker. 
 
  A  noble  author  esteems  it  to  be  a  maim  in  history 
  that  the  acts  of  Parliament  should  not  be  recited. 
  --Hayward. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mayhem  \May"hem\,  n.  [The  same  as  maim.  See  {Maim}.]  (Law) 
  The  maiming  of  a  person  by  depriving  him  of  the  use  of  any  of 
  his  members  which  are  necessary  for  defense  or  protection. 
  See  {Maim}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mayhem 
  n  1:  the  willful  and  unlawful  crippling  or  mutilation  of  another 
  person 
  2:  violent  and  needless  disturbance  [syn:  {havoc}] 




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