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What is "assault and battery"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
assault and battery
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He also was arrested Dec. 22 in Lowell on a charge of domestic assault and battery, which is pending.
▪ Several assault and battery charges had brought him trouble with the police.
▪ Since grievous bodily harm can be committed by an omission it would be strange if assault and battery could not be.
▪ The guy could still walk, and we had filed a civil suit, for assault and battery.
▪ The princess was charged with assault and battery and unlawful interference with the operation of an aircraft.
▪ What fault element is required for assault and battery?
▪ What happened back there was assault and battery.
Wiktionary
assault and battery

n. (context legal idiomatic English) The combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as ''threatened'' violence rather than ''actual'' violence.

WordNet
assault and battery

n. an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact [syn: battery]

Wikipedia
Assault and battery

Assault and battery is the combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) 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:

  • Assault & Battery (Rose Tattoo album), a 1981 album by Rose Tattoo
    • "Assault and Battery", a song from the album
  • Assault & Battery (Nuclear Assault album), a 1997 compilation album by Nuclear Assault
  • "Assault and Battery", a song by Hawkwind from their 1975 album Warrior on the Edge of Time
  • "Assault and Battery", a song by Howard Jones from his 1985 album Dream into Action (also included on the 1987 compilation album Animal Liberation)
  • "Assault and Battery", a song by Swollen Members from their 1999 album Balance
  • "Robbery, Assault and Battery", a song by Genesis from their 1976 album A Trick of the Tail

Usage examples of "assault and battery".

In the process he was guilty of assault and battery to say the very least.

The aggressor, to get even, had the one who thrashed him tried in our Circuit Court on a charge of an assault and battery.

Lincoln told him the following story, which he claimed was one of the best two things he ever originated: He was trying a case in Illinois where he appeared for a prisoner charged with aggravated assault and battery.

He'd been ecstatic to take Angelo and Franco downtown to book them on breaking and entering, possession of unauthorized firearms, assault and battery, extortion, and impersonation of a police officer.

Hed been ecstatic to take Angelo and Franco downtown to book them on breaking and entering, possession of unauthorized firearms, assault and battery, extortion, and impersonation of a police officer.

There were people watching, too, and they were amused at seeing an old man being taken in for assault and battery.