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assault

[əsôlt′]

Etymology: L, assilirere, to leap upon

1 an unlawful act that places another person, without that person's consent, in fear of immediate bodily harm or battery.

2 the act of committing an assault.

3 to threaten a person with bodily harm or injury. See battery.

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assault,

n an intentional, unlawful offer of bodily injury to another by force or unlawfully directing force toward another person to create a reasonable fear of imminent danger, coupled with the apparent ability to do the harm threatened if not prevented. A completed assault is a battery. In a medical setting, the unconsented touching of the body would be an assault and battery.

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assault

Forensic medicine The unlawful placing of an individual in apprehension of immediate bodily harm without his/her consent. See Sexual assault, Nonsexual genital assault.

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