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Battery is defined by American common law as "any unlawful and/or unwanted touching of the person of another by the aggressor, or by a substance put in motion by them". In more severe cases, and for all types in some jurisdictions, it is chiefly defined by statutory wording. Assessment of the severity of a battery is determined by local law.
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.
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. Assault and Battery may also refer to:
Transferred intent is the legal principle that intent can be transferred from one victim or tort to another. [1] In tort law, there are generally five areas in which transferred intent is applicable: battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass to land, and trespass to chattels. Generally, any intent to cause any one of these five torts which ...
A battery can occur without a preceding assault, such as if a person is struck in the back of the head. An assault can be an attempted battery. I.e. 'If Henry points a gun at Thomas he has committed an assault. It makes no difference whether the gun is loaded,' [4] But 'Henry will only commit a battery if he shoots the gun and hits Thomas'. [4]
In January, the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said SK Battery exposed employees at a U.S. battery plant to unsafe levels of nickel and other metals, and faces ...
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