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2. Battery (crime) - Wikipedia

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   Much confusion can come between the terms "assault" and "battery". In everyday use the term assault may be used to describe a physical attack, which is indeed a battery. An assault is causing someone to apprehend that they will be the victim of a battery. This issue is so prevalent that the crime of sexual assault [3] would be better labelled a ...

3. Assault - Wikipedia

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   Aggravated assault involves more serious actions, such as an assault that is committed with the intent to cause a serious bodily injury, or an assault that is committed with a deadly weapon such as a firearm. Aggravated assault is typically classified as a felony offense. Modern American statutes may define assault as including:

4. Offence against the person - Wikipedia

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   And it is then possible to consider degrees and aggravations, and distinguish between intentional actions (e.g., assault) and criminal negligence (e.g., criminal endangerment). Offences against the person are usually taken to comprise: Fatal offences Murder; Manslaughter; Non-fatal non-sexual offences Assault, or common assault; Battery, or ...

5. Criminal law of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Battery is aggravated when using a weapon or dangerous object, when it results in disfigurement or serious physical injury. Assault and battery are classified as aggravated when directed towards a person with special status such as a law enforcement officer or elderly person. Assault becomes aggravated given the intention to murder or rape.

6. Federal judge strikes down decades-old California ban on ...

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   A federal judge has overturned a decades-old California law banning assault weapons, calling the restriction “extreme” and unconstitutional.

7. Assault and battery - Wikipedia

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   Assault and battery is the combination of two violent crimes: assault (harm or the threat of harm) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.

8. Will latest Supreme Court decision affect California bans on ...

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   Among the laws Friday's decision could affect are California's bans on assault-style weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines, both of which are facing legal challenges in the U.S. 9th ...

9. U.S. appeals court keeps California assault weapons ban ... - AOL

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   A U.S. appeals court ruled on Saturday that California's assault weapons ban will remain in force while the state attorney general appeals a lower court decision declaring the 30-year-old measure ...