Decapitate - Law Dictionary Search Results
Decapitate
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decapitated
having had the head cut off
Decapitation
The act of beheading beheading
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Decollated
Decapitated worn or cast off in the process of growth as the apex of certain univalve shells
decollate
To sever from the neck to behead to decapitate
Head hunter
A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head hunters
Prerogative of mercy
cases of high treason, or to change the sentence of death by hanging for felony into one of decapitation: cf. Advice given by the judge to James II. in Lady Lisle's case, 11 How St Tr 297
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