mayhem
may·hem
M0165400 (mā′hĕm′, mā′əm)mayhem
(ˈmeɪhɛm) ormaihem
may•hem
(ˈmeɪ hɛm, ˈmeɪ əm)n.
mayhem
| Noun | 1. |  mayhem - the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person |
| 2. |  mayhem - violent and needless disturbance |
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| 释义 | mayhemmay·hemM0165400 (mā′hĕm′, mā′əm)mayhem(ˈmeɪhɛm) ormaihemmay•hem(ˈmeɪ hɛm, ˈmeɪ əm)n. mayhem
mayhemmayhemmayhem(mā`hĕm, mā`əm), in common lawcommon law,system of law that prevails in England and in countries colonized by England. The name is derived from the medieval theory that the law administered by the king's courts represented the common custom of the realm, as opposed to the custom of local jurisdiction that ..... Click the link for more information. , the crime of willfully injuring a person so as to diminish his or her capacity for self-defense. Cutting off an arm or leg would thus be mayhem, while such a batterybattery, in criminal and tort law, the unpermitted touching of any part of the person of another, or of anything worn, carried by, or intimately associated at that moment (as a chair being sat on) with another. ..... Click the link for more information. as cutting off an ear would not. Under modern statutes, however, mayhem (or maiming) is a form of aggravated battery that leads to mutilation (such as loss of an ear), disfigurement, or serious permanent injury; jurisdictions vary in requiring specific intent to cause the injury or, more broadly, wanton behavior leading to it. mayhem, maihemmayhemmayhem(mā′hĕm)mayhemmayhem1) n. the criminal act of disabling, disfiguring, or cutting off or making useless one of the members (leg, arm, hand, foot, eye) of another either intentionally or in a fight, called maiming. The serious nature of the injury makes mayhem a felony, which is called "aggravated assault" in most states. 2) v. to commit mayhem is to cause gross harm in an uncontrolled fashion. (See: aggravated assault, assault, maim) mayhemthe wilful and unlawful infliction of injury upon a person, in particular, the injuring or removing of a limb rendering him less capable of defending himself against attack.MAYHEM, crimes. The act of unlawfully and violently depriving another of the use of such of his members as may render him less able in fighting either to defend himself or annoy his adversary; and therefore the cutting or disabling, or weakening a man's hand or finger, or striking out his eye or foretooth, or depriving him of those parts the loss of which abates his courage, are held to be mayhems. But cutting off the ear or nose or the like, are not held to be mayhems at common law. 4 Bl. Com. 205. mayhem
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