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MAIMING

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 430 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LUP-MAL
MAIMING ,
mutilation
 , a
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. Lat. mahemiare, mahennare, &c. (see Du Cange,
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 form of
punishment
  on the principle of an " eye for an eye " (see MUTILATION). In law " maiming " is a criminal offence; the old law
term
  for a
special
 
case
  of maiming of persons was " mayhem " (q.v.), an Anglo-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 cattle, which includes horses, pigs and asses, and other animals which are either subjects of
larceny
  at common law or are usually kept in confinement or for domestic purposes. The
punishment
  for maiming of cattle is three to fourteen years' penal servitude. Malicious injury to other animals is a misdemeanour punishable on summary conviction. For a second offence the
penalty
  is imprisonment with hard labour for over twelve months. (Malicious Damage Act 1861.) Maiming of animals by their owner falls under the Cruelty to Animals Acts.


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