assault and battery
Noun: A criminal offense involving both a threat of violence (assault) and the actual, intentional, or reckless infliction of unlawful physical force upon another person (battery). It is a single legal term combining these two related acts.
This term is used primarily in legal and formal contexts to describe a specific category of violent crime. It is treated as a single, compound legal concept.
Examples: * The defendant was charged with assault and battery after the fight. * Assault and battery is considered a more serious offense than simple assault. * The police report detailed the incident as a clear case of assault and battery.
- Aggravated assault and battery: This refers to a more serious form of the crime, often involving a weapon, the intent to commit a felony, or resulting in severe bodily injury.
- The use of a knife elevated the charge to aggravated assault and battery.
- Assault (n.): The act of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm on someone, creating a reasonable fear of such harm.
- Battery (n.): The actual, intentional, or reckless application of force to the person of another without lawful justification.
- Aggravated Assault (n.): An assault with circumstances that make it more severe, such as the use of a deadly weapon.
- Simple Assault (n.): An assault without aggravating factors.
- Physical attack
- Violent crime (broader term)
- Beating (less formal and specific)
In common, non-legal language, the word "assault" is often used to mean both the threat and the physical act. However, in precise legal terminology, "assault" and "battery" are distinct offenses, and "assault and battery" is the combined charge for when both elements are present.
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an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
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