320. Grievous hurt.
The following kinds of hurt only are designated as “grievous”:
- First: Emasculation.
- Secondly: Permanent privation of the sight of either eye.
- Thirdly: Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear.
- Fourthly: Privation of any member or joint.
- Fifthly: Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint.
- Sixthly: Permanent disfiguration of the head or face.
- Seventhly: Fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth.
- Eighthly: Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during the space of twenty days in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits.
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