Assault and battery is 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. Assault and Battery may also refer to: ...
related but distinct crimes, battery being the unlawful application of physical force to another and assault being an attempt to commit battery or ... [2 related articles]
(n) Assault And Battery is the intentional action by which a person inflict an injury or cause or attempt to cause injury by resorting actual beating.
The combination of two crimes, of threat (assault) and actual beating (battery). Victims can also sue in a civil suit for the damages suffered as a result of the attack.
an assault with an actual touching or other violence upon another.