Mayhem

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Background

The word "mayhem" is the older form of the word "maim."[1] Under common law, mayhem is the crime of maliciously injuring a person's body, especially to impair or destroy the victim's capacity for self-defense.[2] This is usually treated as part of aggravated battery under modern-day statutes. Mayhem has three elements: 1) a malicious and 2) unlawful act of physical force 3 which deprives a person of a member of his/her body or disables, disfigures, or renders it useless, or cuts or disables the tongue, or puts out an eye, or slits the nose, ear, or lip.[3] Mayhem may also refer to violent destruction or disruption.

Model Penal Code

  1. ↑ Maria Del Rio, J.D., Mayhem and Related Offenses, American Jurisprudence, 2nd edition (2010)
  2. ↑ Black's Law Dictionary, 9th edition (2009)
  3. ↑ Maria Del Rio, J.D., Mayhem and Related Offenses, American Jurisprudence, 2nd edition (2010)
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