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Assault and battery
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Law:
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
.
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