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Term: MACULARE
Definition: Maculare is a word that was used in the past to mean to hurt someone.
MACULARE
maculare (mak-yə-lair-ee), vb. [Law Latin] Hist. To wound (a person).
The term maculare is a verb that was used in Law Latin to describe the act of wounding someone. This term is no longer commonly used in modern English.
Both examples illustrate the use of the term maculare to describe the act of wounding someone. In the first example, the defendant is charged with maculare after stabbing the victim. In the second example, the plaintiff claims that the defendant had maculated him during an altercation, meaning that he had been wounded.