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battery n. lesiones, agresión (PR).
• The unlawful application of force upon another person resulting in harm or offensive touching.
Syn. criminal battery. assault (CA).
Battery, being the actual use of force as opposed to assault or the threat of its use, always includes an assault, and it is frequent to find the terms combined in the expression "assault and battery." Battery is broader than lesiones since includes not only physical injury to the victim, but it can also be committed simply by the so called "offensive touching." Lesiones, in contrast, is limited to the infliction of physical injury or marks by the offender.
aggravated battery lesiones con agravantes, agresión grave (PR). assault and battery lesiones, agresión (PR). battery by body waste propagación de una enfermedad contagiosa grave mediante sangre o fluído humano. simple battery lesiones simple, agresión (PR).
Reference:
(CA) Criminal Code R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 265; (UK) 11(1) Halsbury's Laws para 488; (US) Newman v. Christensen, 31 N.W.2d 417, 418, 419, 149 Neb. 471. Related Terms: application of force, uso de la fuerza;bodily injury or harm, lesión o daño corporal;offensive touching, tocar a alguien con ánimo de ofender;physical contact, contacto físico. Not intended to be legal advice or able to be construed as such. Anyone acting on any of the contents herein does so on the basis of own volition and risk. |
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