to inflict bodily harm

  • 61threat — noun 1》 a statement of an intention to inflict injury, damage, or other hostile action as retribution.     ↘Law a menace of bodily harm, such as may restrain a person s freedom of action. 2》 a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.… …

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  • 62mutilate — v 1. dismember, disjoint, dislimb, tear limb from limb; detruncate, amputate, remove a limb; hack off, chop off, lop off, cut off, tear or rip or pull off, (of a tail) dock, bob, trim; dissect, anatomize, vivisect, skeletonize, disembowel. 2.… …

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  • 63murder — /ˈmɜdə / (say merduh) noun 1. Law the unlawful killing of a human being by an act done with intention to kill or to inflict grievous bodily harm, or with reckless indifference to human life. 2. Colloquial an uncommonly laborious or difficult task …

  • 64dangerous weapon — One dangerous to life; one by the use of which a serious or fatal wound or injury may probably or possibly be inflicted. In context of criminal possession of a weapon can be any article which, in circumstances in which it is used, attempted to be …

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  • 65dangerous weapon — One dangerous to life; one by the use of which a serious or fatal wound or injury may probably or possibly be inflicted. In context of criminal possession of a weapon can be any article which, in circumstances in which it is used, attempted to be …

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  • 66prize fight — A pugilistic encounter or boxing match for a prize or wager. 4 Am J2d Amuse §§ 81, 86. Engaging in any fight for a prize, stake, or reward, whether in public or private and however conducted, in which the contestants intend to inflict some degree …

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  • 67provoking a difficulty — Making trouble with a purpose. An assault or the menace of one, by an overt act, with intent to inflict death or great bodily harm in the event it is resisted, made maliciously to bring about that result and enable the provoking party to wreak… …

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  • 68Involuntary commitment — For involuntary treatment in non hospital settings, see involuntary treatment. Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual with symptoms of severe mental illness is court ordered into treatment in a… …

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  • 69Trespass — Unlawful entry redirects here. For the 1992 film, see Unlawful Entry (film). For other uses, see Trespass (disambiguation) …

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  • 70South African law of delict — The South African law of delict engages primarily with the circumstances in which one person can claim compensation from another for harm that has been suffered. [1] JC Van der Walt and Rob Midgley define a delict, in general terms [...] as a… …

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