assault

Assault (Torts Law)

A person is liable for the intentional tort of "assault" if (1) he/she acts intending to cause a harmful or…

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Assault (Criminal Law)

The creation in another of the fear of bodily harm. As the California Supreme Court explained in People v. Williams,…

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Assault

The intentional tort of assault is an act intended to cause apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact, which…

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Assailant

Criminal Law.  “Assailant means one who assails or who assaults; the aggressor."  Scales v. State, 96 Ala. 69 (1892). "The…

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