aggravated battery
1aggravated battery — see battery Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. aggravated battery …
2Aggravated battery — in criminal law is a more serious form of battery, and is considered a felony. Aggravated battery can be punished by a fine or more than a year in prison. Simple battery which is a misdemeanor can only be punished by less than one year in prison …
3battery — bat·tery / ba tə rē, trē/ n [Old French batterie beating, from battre to beat, from Latin battuere]: the crime or tort of intentionally or recklessly causing offensive physical contact or bodily harm (as by striking or by administering a poison… …
4Battery (crime) — Battery is a term used by the common law jurisdictions, which involves an injury or other contact upon the person of another in a manner likely to cause bodily harm.United StatesAt common law, simple battery is a misdemeanor and the elements of… …
5battery — Intentional and wrongful physical contact with a person without his or her consent that entails some injury or offensive touching. Mason v. Cohn, 108 Misc.2d 674, 438 N.Y.S.2d 462, 464. Criminal battery, defined as the unlawful application of… …
6battery — Intentional and wrongful physical contact with a person without his or her consent that entails some injury or offensive touching. Mason v. Cohn, 108 Misc.2d 674, 438 N.Y.S.2d 462, 464. Criminal battery, defined as the unlawful application of… …
7assault and battery — Law. an assault with an actual touching or other violence upon another. [1580 90] * * * Related but distinct crimes. Battery is the unlawful application of physical force to another; assault is an attempt to commit battery or an act that may… …
8assault and battery — Any unlawful touching of another which is without justification or excuse. It is both a tort, Trogun v. Fruchtman, 58 Wis.2d 569, 207 N.W.2d 297, as well as a crime, Scruggs v. State, Ind.App., 317 N.E.2d 807, 809. The two crimes differ from each …
9assault and battery — Any unlawful touching of another which is without justification or excuse. It is both a tort, Trogun v. Fruchtman, 58 Wis.2d 569, 207 N.W.2d 297, as well as a crime, Scruggs v. State, Ind.App., 317 N.E.2d 807, 809. The two crimes differ from each …
10atrocious assault and battery — Law. 1. an assault involving the actual wounding and maiming of another person. 2. See aggravated assault. [1930 35] * * * …