Stab Wound Definition: A bodily injury caused by a knife or other sharp or pointed instrument. "Stab wound means a wound that is caused by a knife or other sharp or pointed instrument and appears to have been inflicted by another person."Thus is defined stab wound within the Manitoba, Canada statute, the Gunshot and Stab Wounds Mandatory Reporting Act (2011 version).REFERENCES:Gunshot and Stab Wounds Mandatory Reporting Act, C.C.S.M. Chapter G125, §1 Categories & Topics: Criminal Law Dictionary Medical-Legal Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!