great bodily injury

great bodily injury
A phrase so self-expressive as to be difficult of definition. An injury great in degree as contrasted with a trifling hurt. Lawlor v People, 74 Ill 228, 231. What constitutes such an injury, and whether the circumstances were such as to justify one in believing that such an injury is about to be committed upon him, is a matter which, to a great extent, must be left to the jury. Rogers v State, 60 Ark 76, 29 SW 894.

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