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Definition of Mayhem
1. Noun. The willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person.
2. Noun. Violent and needless disturbance.
Definition of Mayhem
1. n. The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.
Definition of Mayhem
1. Noun. A state of disorder; chaos. ¹
2. Noun. Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing. ¹
3. Noun. (legal) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mayhem
1. the offense of willfully maiming a person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayhem
Literary usage of Mayhem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Criminal Law of the United States by Francis Wharton (1874)
"B. — mayhem AT COMMON LAW. c § 1171. mayhem, at common law, says Mr. East, is
such a bodily hurt as renders a man less able in fighting to defend himself or ..."
2. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"mayhem (Ch.9 mayhem, at common law, is a hurt of any part of a man's body, ...
mayhem is a felony in some jurisdictions, and a mis meaner only in others. ..."
3. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"mayhem 77. mayhem, at common law, is a hurt of any part of a man's body, whereby
he is ... mayhem is a felony in some jurisdictions, and a misdemeanor only ..."
4. Elementary Law by William Callyhan Robinson (1910)
"Of mayhem. ^| mayhem is the intentional and malicious injury or destruction ' of
the limbs of another, whereby he is rendered less capable of ..."
5. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use of Both of the by Francis Wharton (1881)
"(194) mayhem by cutting out one of the testicles, under the Pennsylvania statute.
(195) Against principal in first and second degree for mayhem in biting ..."
6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"mayhem, at common law, was not a felony, because there was no judgment of ...
mayhem consists in the unlawfully depriving a human being of a member of his ..."
7. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1915)
"mayhem 328. Definition.—mayhem, as understood at common law. is the privation of
the use of a limb or member of the body by which one is rendered unable to ..."
8. A Treatise on the Criminal Law as Now Administered in the United States by Emlin McClain (1897)
"mayhem AND MAIMING. § 432. mayhem; maiming.— The offense of mayhem as known at
common law, aside from any statutory modification, is defined as the ..."
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