Throat
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THROAT, 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 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 458.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.