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THROAT,

Legal Term: THROAT,
Definition: med. jur. The anterior part of the neck. Dungl. plea. Diet. h. t.; Coop. Dict. h. t.; 2 Good~s Study of Med. 302; 1 Chit. Med. Jur. 97, n.

2. The word throat, in an indictment which charged the defendant with murder, by "cutting the throat of the deceased," does not mean, and is not to be confined to that part of the neck which is scientifically called the throat, but signifies that which is commonly called the throat. 6 Carr. & Payne, 401; S. C. 25 Engl. Com. Law Rep. 458.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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