2006-10-01 16:49:34 · 12 answers · asked by pancake 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
A battery is the unlawful touching or hitting a person,without permission.for the purpose of hurting him or her
2006-10-01 17:11:49 · answer #1 · answered by boy_jam_arch 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It means striking -- in some jurisdictions, even touching -- a person against their will and without their permission. An "assault", legally, is threatening a battery in such a way that a person of ordinary firmness of mind (now, there's a legal phrase for you!) believes the threat. If you tell somebody you are going to slug him/her, and then do it, you have committed "assault and battery". If you don't threaten, but strike by surprise, then it's just a battery. Then too, there are degrees of battery depending on how much damage you did, whether you used a weapon, whether the "party of the second part" had offered provocation... but you didn't ask about all that.
2006-10-01 17:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by Dick Eney 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the legal community, there is one generally accepted definition of "battery". Battery is defined as the physical touching of one person by another person. Often, however, the term "battery" is used in place of the word "assault". Assault is defined as the threat of offensive contact, though.
According to those definitions, one could be assaulted with out ever being touched. On the same concept, one could be the victim of a battery with out ever having a word said. Thus the reason they are separate crimes. However, since assaults often occur in conjunction with batteries, there is the additional crime of assault and battery, which is, obviously, when someone threatens offensive physical contact and follows through with the threat.
I attached a few links which might help you understand the concepts a little better. Hope they help!
-Saffyre
2006-10-01 17:05:39 · answer #3 · answered by the_vampiress_saffyre 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-02 02:23:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Battery is beating someone up and by definition hurting them in the process of the battering.
2006-10-01 16:59:02 · answer #5 · answered by zclifton2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The unlawful and unwanted touching or striking of one person by another, with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact.
2006-10-01 17:25:23 · answer #6 · answered by parker_lex 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pancake get a life or maybe stop asking all these stupid questions about assault, battery, let me give you a verbally battery, now you know what battery means.!!!
2006-10-01 16:59:36 · answer #7 · answered by JAM123 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means you are going to jail, based on your previous questions you need a good lawyer
2006-10-01 16:52:39 · answer #8 · answered by Martin14th 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is to physically strike a person without provocation.
2006-10-01 16:59:46 · answer #9 · answered by Tiana 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means an offensive, un-consented touching of another person.
2006-10-01 16:58:56 · answer #10 · answered by feanor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋