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  1. grievous bodily harmnoun

    (UK Law) Serious physical injury, or the fact of causing such injury.

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  1. Grievous Bodily Harm

    Grievous Bodily Harm is a 1988 Australian crime film directed by Mark Joffe starring Colin Friels and John Waters.

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  1. grievous bodily harm

    Grievous bodily harm refers to a legal term used to describe a severe and intentional injury inflicted upon a person that involves breaking the skin, breaking of bones, causing permanent disfigurement or impairment, or any harm that endangers the person's life or health. It is a term often used in criminal law cases where a person is charged with causing serious physical harm to another.

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  1. Grievous bodily harm

    Grievous bodily harm is a term of art used in English criminal law which has become synonymous with the offences that are created by sections 18 and 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. The distinction between these two sections is the requirement of specific intent for section 18. The offence under section 18 is variously referred to as "wounding with intent" or "causing grievous bodily harm with intent". The words "with intent" refer to the specific intent required for this offence. The offence under section 20 is variously referred to as "unlawful wounding", "malicious wounding" or "inflicting grievous bodily harm".

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of grievous bodily harm in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of grievous bodily harm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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