Mayhem (crime)
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mayhem-crime-161-16164455
title:
Mayhem (crime)
text:
Mayhem is a common law criminal offense consisting of the intentional maiming of another person. Under the law of England and Wales and other common law jurisdictions, it originally consisted of the intentional and wanton removal of a body part that would handicap a person's ability to defend themselves in combat. Under the strict common law definition, initially this required damage to an eye or a limb, while cutting off an ear or the nose was not deemed to be sufficiently disabling. In the man
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Criminal offense consisting of the intentional maiming of another person
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayhem_(crime)
date created:
2005-07-24T14:57:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T12:22:47Z
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