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The infliction of serious bodily injury so as to disfigure or disable. It is a war crime so classified by Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Subjects: History — Early history (500 CE to 1500)

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mutilation
in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement Length: 32 words
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in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium Length: 266 words
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