Anatomy of the anus and rectum. Defecation is the final act of digestion, by which organisms eliminate solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material from the digestive tract via the anus. Humans expel feces with a frequency varying from a few times daily to a few times weekly.
Grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a technical term 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.
1987] SERIOUS BODILY INJURY 183tated ss is an apparent attempt to assist the jury in recognizing aserious bodily injury. The criminal code may provide this defini-tional tool, but the statute is silent with respect to the properinjury to be considered.