See also:

• MAYHEM (for derivation see MAIMING)

MAYHEM (for derivation see See also:

• MAIMING

MAIMING)  , an old Anglo-See also:

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

French See also:

• TERM

term of the 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 signifying an See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault whereby the injured See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person is deprived of a member proper for his See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence in fight, e.g. an See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm, a See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg, a fore tooth, &c . The loss of an See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear, See also:

• JAW (Mid. Eng. jawe, jowe and geowe, O. Eng. cheowan, connected with " chaw " and " chew," and in form with " jowl ")

jaw tooth, &c., was not See also:

• MAYHEM (for derivation see MAIMING)

mayhem . The most See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

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

punishment in See also:

• ENGLISH

English law was retaliative—membrum See also:

• PRO

pro membro, but ultimately at See also:

• COMMON

common law See also:

• FINE

fine and imprisonment . Various statutes were passed aimed at the offence of See also:

• MAIMING

maiming and disfiguring, which is now dealt with by See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section 18 of the Offences against the Person See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1861 . Mayhem may also be the ground of a See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• ACTION

action, which had this peculiarity that the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court on sight of the See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound might increase the See also:

• DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages awarded by the See also:

• JURY

jury .