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Definition of Maims
1. maim [v] - See also: maim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maims
Literary usage of Maims
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1858)
"MAYHEM AND STATUTORY maims.1 § 842. THE common law offence of mayhem is defined,
in the language of Hawkins, to be " such a hurt of any part of a man's body ..."
2. New Commentaries on the Criminal Law Upon a New System of Legal Exposition by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1892)
"MAYHEM AND STATUTORY maims. Consult, — for the pleading, evidence, and practice,
Crim. Pro. II. § 850a-859 ; Dir. & F. § 741-748. ..."
3. Commentaries on the Law of Criminal Procedure by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1872)
"MAYHEM AND STATUTORY maims.5 § 851. Nature of the Offence — Concerning the
Common-law Indictment — The reader will see, by consulting the work on the ..."
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