ANTIHAZING STATUTE
antihazing statute.A (usu. criminal) law that prohibits an organization or members of an
organization from requiring a prospective member, as a condition of membership, to do or submit
to any act that presents a sub-stantial risk of physical or mental harm. • In 1874 Congress passed
the first antihazing statute, directed at stopping hazing by midshipmen at the United States Naval
Academy. Most states have passed their own antihazing statutes. — Also termed hazing statute. [Blacks Law 8th]