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  2. Battery (crime) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Battery (tort) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Assault - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Assault (tort) - Wikipedia

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    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]

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    Hernandez was arrested on 20 November on suspicion of possession of a firearm by an ex-felon and battery on a police officer charges. ... Ms Ortega admitted that her son had “done the crime ...

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  9. 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. Assault and Battery may also refer to: