Legal Definition and Related Resources of Mutilation
Meaning of Mutilation
To render imperfect such as by cutting, tearing, burning or erasing a part of a document or negotiable instrument . In criminal law, the depriving a man of the use of a limb or essential part.
Mutilation Alternative Definition
In criminal law. The depriving a man of the use af any of those limbs which may be useful to him in fight, the loss of which amounts to mayhem. 1 BL Comm. 130.
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Mutilation
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1520s, in Scots law, “act of disabling or wounding a limb,” from Middle French mutilation and directly from Late Latin mutilationem (nominative mutilatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin mutilare “to cut or lop off,” from mutilus “maimed,” which perhaps is cognate (having the same ancestor) with Greek mytilos “hornless.” Of things, “a destroying of unity by damaging or removing a part,” from 1630s.
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Mutilation in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of mutilation.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- mutilation in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- mutilation in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
Female genital mutilation in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of female genital mutilation.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police Work
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- female genital mutilation in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- female genital mutilation in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
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