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mayhem |
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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