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assault and battery

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assault and battery
n.
An assault upon a victim that is carried out by striking the victim, knocking the victim down, or otherwise doing violence to the victim.
assault and battery
Noun
Criminal law a threat of attack to another person followed by actual attack
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Noun1.assault and battery - an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
battery
assault - a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
resisting arrest - physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest


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Let me tell you, several years ago for me to turn your hand down would have been like committing assault and battery on a kindergarten.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
One worthy, he has reason to believe, has actually consulted authorities learned in the law, as to his having good grounds on which to rest an action for libel; another, has meditated a journey to London, for the express purpose of committing an assault and battery on his traducer; a third, perfectly remembers being waited on, last January twelve-month, by two gentlemen, one of whom held him in conversation while the other took his likeness; and, although Mr.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
At the police court, next morning, under bail, appeared Carter Watson to answer the complaint of the People Versus Carter Watson, for the latter's assault and battery on one Patsy Horan.
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