Legal Term: BRUISE

Definition: med. jurisp. An injury done with violence to the person, without breaking the skin, it is nearly synonymous with contusion. (q . v.) 1. Ch. Pr. 38, vide 4Car. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565, Eng. C. L. Rep. 430, 526, 529. Vide Wound.

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