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Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault, which is the act of creating reasonable fear or apprehension of such contact. Battery is a specific common law offense, although the term is used more generally to refer to any unlawful offensive physical contact with another person.
Offences against the person include minor forms of battery (any unlawful touching of another person); its complementary offence, assault (causing the apprehension of a battery, even when one has not yet occurred); and various more serious offences which are based on assault and battery (together called "common assault").
In common law, battery is a tort falling under the umbrella term 'trespass to the person'. Entailing unlawful contact which is directed and intentional, or reckless (or, in Australia, negligently [1]) and voluntarily bringing about a harmful or offensive contact with a person or to something closely associated with them, such as a bag or purse, without legal consent.
Battery, or common battery; For offences of aggravated assault, see Assault#England and Wales. Administering poison, so as to endanger life, contrary to section 23 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 [7] Administering poison, contrary to section 24 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 [7]
Dustin B. Hackett, 29, of Bluefield was sentenced to one to five years in prison for third-offense domestic battery, Prosecuting Attorney Brian K. Cochran said Friday. Hackett was arrested by ...
Battery is a criminal offense that involves the use of physical force against another person without their consent. [12] [13] [14] It is a type of assault and is considered a serious crime. Battery can include a wide range of actions, from slapping someone to causing serious harm or even death.
A handful did not vote on Assembly Bill 3209 from Berman, which would allow restraining orders against people convicted of retail theft, vandalism or other battery offenses.
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...