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demembration
demembration (diːmɛmˈbreɪʃən) [ad. med.L. dēmembrātiōn-em, n. of action f. dēmembrāre to dismember: see prec. Cf. OF. demanbration (Godef.).] The cutting off of a limb; mutilation; dismemberment. (Chiefly in Sc. Law.)1597 ed. Sc. Acts, Jas. IV, §28 heading, Anent man-slayers taken, or fugitive: and ...
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dismembration
† dismemˈbration Obs. [ad. med.L. dismembrātiōn-em, n. of action f. dismembrāre: see -ation. Cf. OF. demanbration (1366 in Godef.), and demembration.] = dismemberment.1597 [see demembration]. 1653 Gataker Vind. Annot. Jer. 175 A very maimed and mangled dismembration and deartuation, rather then divi...
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Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Baronet
He published an edition of Sir George Mackenzie's Law of Scotland in matters Criminal, with a treatise on Mutilation and Demembration, annexed.
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mutilation
mutilation (mjuːtɪˈleɪʃən) Also 6 Sc. mutulatioun. [a. L. mutilātiōn-em, n. of action f. mutilāre to mutilate. Cf. F. mutilation.] 1. The action of depriving (a person or animal) of a limb or of the use of a limb; the excision or maiming (of a limb or bodily organ); also, an instance of the action; ...
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