Battering Ram - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: battering ramBattering ram
An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places...
battered woman's syndrome
battered woman's syndrome : the psychological symptoms suffered by a woman repeatedly abused by a mate (as a husband) NOTE: Battered woman's syndrome is used as a defense to violent criminal charges (as homicide). Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted in self-defense even though the threat or danger was not imminent. Battered woman's syndrome is also used as a mitigating factor in sentencing. ...
Battered Woman's syndrome
Battered Woman's syndrome, means the psycho-logical symptoms buffered by a woman repeatedly abused by a mate (as a husband), Battered Woman's syndrome is used as defense to violent criminal charges (as homicide). Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted in self-defence even though the threat or danger was not imminent; Battered Woman's syndrome is also used as a mitigating factor in sentencing, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 46....
battered child syndrome
battered child syndrome : the combination of grave physical injuries (as broken bones and bruises) that results from gross child abuse NOTE: Evidence of battered child syndrome is often used to establish that a child's death was not accidental. ...
battered
In deplorable condition as the battered old Ford station wagon...
Batterer
One who or that which batters...
dynamic RAM
a type of random access memory using circuits that require periodic refresh cycles in order to retain the stored information Contrasted to static ram which maintains the memory state as long as the power is still applied...
Ram
The male of the sheep and allied animals In some parts of England a ram is called a tup...
batboy
A boy who holds the bats and presents the bat to a batter when the batter is going to the batters box to bat The batboy sometimes also keeps other team equipment...
abuse
abuse abused abus·ing 1 : to put to a use other than the one intended: as a : to put to a bad or unfair use [abusing the powers of office] b : to put to improper or excessive use [ narcotics] 2 a : to inflict physical or emotional mistreatment or injury on (as one's child) purposely or through negligence or neglect and often on a regular basis b : to engage in sexual activity with (a child under an age specified by statute) 3 : to attack harshly with words [ a police officer] [ a debtor] abus·er n [ə-byüs] n 1 : improper, unfair, or excessive use [ of authority] [drug ] 2 a : the infliction of physical or emotional injury ;also : the crime of inflicting such injury see also battered child syndrome, battered woman's syndrome compare cruelty, neglect b : sexual abuse 3 : a verbal attack (as on a police officer in the performance of his or her duty) ;also : the crime of making such an attack ...
- << Prev.
- Next >>
Sign-up to get more results
Unlock complete result pages and premium legal research features.
Start Free Trial