med. jur. The anterior part of the neck. 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.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
In medical jurisprudence. The front or anterior part of the neck. Where one was indicted for murder by “cutting the throat” of the deceased, it was held that the word “throat” was not to be confined to that part of the neck which is scientifically so called, but must be taken In its common acceptation. Rex v. Edwards, 6 Car. A P. 401.