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MAYHEM (for derivation see MAIMING)

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 935 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAR-MEC
MAYHEM (for derivation see MAIMING) , an old Anglo-
French
 
term
  of the law signifying an assault whereby the injured person is deprived of a member proper for his
defence
  in fight, e.g. an arm, a leg, a fore tooth, &c. The loss of an ear, jaw tooth, &c., was not mayhem. The most ancient
punishment
  in
English
  law was retaliativemembrum pro membro, but ultimately at common law fine and imprisonment. Various statutes were passed aimed at the offence of
maiming
  and disfiguring, which is now dealt with by
section
  18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. Mayhem may also be the ground of a civil action, which had this peculiarity that the
court
  on sight of the wound might increase the
damages
  awarded by the jury.


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