MAIMING  , See also:

• MUTILATION (from Lat. mutilus, maimed)

mutilation, a See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical injury which involves the loss of, or incapacity to use, a bodily member . The verb " to maim," in M . E. maynhe, mahayme, mayme, &c. was adopted from O . Fr. mahaignier: cf . It. magagnars, Med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. mahemiare, mahennare, &c . (see Du Cange, See also:

• GLOSS, GLOSSARY

Gloss., s.v . " Mahamium ") . Maiming or mutilation is and has been practised by many races with various ethnical and religious significances, and was a customary See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment on the principle of an " See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye for an eye " (see MUTILATION) . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law " maiming " is a criminal offence; the old law See also:

• TERM

term for a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of maiming of persons was " See also:

• MAYHEM (for derivation see MAIMING)

mayhem " (q.v.), an Anglo-See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French variant form of the word . Maiming of animals by others than their owners is a particular form of the offences generally grouped as " malicious damage." For the purpose of the law as to this offence animals are divided into See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, which includes horses, pigs and asses, and other animals which are either subjects of See also:

• LARCENY (an adaptation of Fr. larcin, O. Fr. larrecin, from Lat. latrocinium, theft, latio, robber)

larceny at See also:

• COMMON

common law or are usually kept in confinement or for domestic purposes . The punishment for maiming of cattle is three to fourteen years' penal See also:

• SERVITUDE (Lat. servitus, from service, to serve)

servitude .

Malicious injury to other animals is a See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour punishable on See also:

• SUMMARY

summary conviction . For a second offence the See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty is imprisonment with hard labour for over twelve months . (Malicious Damage See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1861.) Maiming of animals by their owner falls under the See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

Cruelty to Animals Acts .