- assault and battery
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assault and battery n: assault (2)
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
- assault and battery
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The combination of two crimes, of threat (assault) and actual beating (battery). Victims can also sue in a civil suit for the damages suffered as a result of the attack.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
- assault and battery
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Two separate offenses against the person that when used in one expression may be defined as any unlawful and unpermitted touching of another. Assault is an act that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful, or offensive contact. The act consists of a threat of harm accompanied by an apparent, present ability to carry out the threat. Battery (battery ) is a harmful or offensive touching of another.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
- assault and battery
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Two separate offenses against the person that when used in one expression may be defined as any unlawful and unpermitted touching of another. Assault is an act that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful, or offensive contact. The act consists of a threat of harm accompanied by an apparent, present ability to carry out the threat. battery is a harmful or offensive touching of another.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
