- published: 27 Feb 2016
- views: 16816
In law, assault is a crime which involves causing a victim to apprehend violence. The term is often confused with battery, which involves physical contact. The specific meaning of assault varies between countries, but can refer to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, or in the more limited sense of a threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force. Assault in some US jurisdictions[which?] is defined more broadly still as any intentional physical contact with another person without their consent; but in the majority of the United States, and in England and Wales and all other common law jurisdictions in the world, this is defined instead as battery. Some jurisdictions have incorporated the definition of civil assault into the definition of the crime making it a criminal assault to intentionally cause another person to apprehend a harmful or offensive contact.
In common law, criminal assault often accompanied battery. See common assault. The elements of battery are (1) a volitional act (2) done for the purpose of causing a harmful or offensive contact with another person or under circumstances that make such contact substantially certain to occur and (3) which causes such contact. Thus throwing a rock at someone for the purpose of hitting him is a battery if the rock in fact strikes the person and is an assault if the rock misses. The fact that the person may have been unaware that the rock had been thrown at him is irrelevant under this definition of assault.
Actors: Akram Khan (actor), Harish Sharma (actor), Jimmy Sidhu (actor), Joe Barcelone (writer), Joe Barcelone (director), Shah Peerally (writer), Shah Peerally (actor), Mahesh Mishra (composer), Renato Asuncion (director), Jennifer Spence (actress), Naz Khan (actress), Waqas Younus (actor), Chaz Laredo (actor), Abel Peerally (actor), Sameer Khera (actor),
Plot: Inspired by true stories of an immigration lawyer, the film is an uncompromising work of fiction depicting the trials and tribulations of immigrants seeking to partake of the American Dream. It evokes the hopes and aspirations of all immigrants to America and unravels the challenges of the American legal system and ultimate assimilation into the American society.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Christopher Levine (actor), Mauricio Escobar (producer), Brandy Whitford (actress), Johnny Caicedo (actor), Carlos Soto (editor), Carlos Soto (director), Carlos Soto (writer), Carlos Soto (producer), Carlos Finlay (actor), Homey-g Hernandez (actor), Marco Ra-Allah (actor), John Nichols (actor), Robert Ramos (actor), Victor Ramos (actor), Kay Guerrier (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Short,Actors: Susan Lien Whigham (editor), Susan Lien Whigham (producer), Susan Lien Whigham (writer), Susan Lien Whigham (writer), Susan Lien Whigham (director), Jeff Lunzaga (actor), Stephanie Whigham (director), Stephanie Whigham (actress), Tal Funke-Bilu (actor), Abraham Rudo (actor), Sarita Ocón (actress), Anatole Quiros (actor),
Plot: Reve longs for a new love while her ex seeks to interfere. The object of her affections, Walker, maintains distance and caution while struggling with the after effects of a recent trauma. A dramatic short film about those invisible forces at work, bringing us to do certain things that we may not be proud of later - shadows born from our wounded pride.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Susan Lien Whigham (producer), Susan Lien Whigham (editor), Susan Lien Whigham (director), Susan Lien Whigham (writer), Susan Lien Whigham (writer), Jeff Lunzaga (actor), Roberto Divina (actor), Stephanie Whigham (actress), Stephanie Whigham (director), Colin Hussey (actor), Jessica Jane Robinson (actress), Tal Funke-Bilu (actor), Abraham Rudo (actor), Clarissa Muñoz-Banerjee (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,