Assault

In common law, assault is harmful or offensive contact with a person.

An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in either criminal and/or civil liability. Generally, the common law definition is the same in criminal and tort law. There is, however, an additional criminal law category of assault consisting of an attempted but unsuccessful battery. 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 many US jurisdictions and Scotland is defined more broadly still as any intentional physical contact with another person without their consent; but in England and Wales and in most 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 intentionally to cause another person to apprehend a harmful or offensive contact.

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Sexual assault allegation report issued on Maryland lawmaker

Richmond Times Dispatch 08 Sep 2018

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Sodus man accused of assaulting another with a golf club, stealing $120 out of his pocket

Democrat & Chronicle 08 Sep 2018

Robert Manning allegedly struck a man with a golf club and then stole $120 from his pocket, deputies said ... ....

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Dylan McDermott’s sex assault investigation dismissed

Canoe 08 Sep 2018

Actor Dylan McDermott will not face charges following sexual assault allegations lodged against him. An unnamed woman claimed the American Horror Story star sexually assaulted her in ......

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Trio charged over assault near MCG after AFL final

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 08 Sep 2018

Three men are charged over an assault that took place near the MCG following Thursday night's AFL qualifying final, after police released footage of the attack ... ....

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Man pleads no contest to aggravated assault

The Dispatch 08 Sep 2018

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The Latest: UN warns of crisis as assault on Idlib looms

Tucson 08 Sep 2018

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on Syria talks in Iran (all times local) ... ....

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US ambassador warns that "consequences will be dire" for any assault on Syria's last rebel ...

Tucson 08 Sep 2018

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — US ambassador warns that "consequences will be dire" for any assault on Syria's last rebel stronghold in Idlib ... ....

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Gettysburg man sentenced for assault with a cane

Aberdeen News 08 Sep 2018

A Gettysburg man convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon was sentenced to 30 months in prison Tuesday, according to a news release from the U.S ......

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Homeless man accused of assaulting acquaintance

Ocala Star Banner 08 Sep 2018

Cody Michael Callahan faces multiple charges, including aggravated assault ... ....

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Brewster man charged with indecent assault

Cape Cod Times 08 Sep 2018

ORLEANS — A Brewster man pleaded not guilty Friday in Orleans District Court to charges he groped a woman in the lobby of a Brewster resort.Louis Ciccarelli, 56, was charged with indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over and disorderly conduct following his arrest Thursday at Ocean Edge Resort, according to police and court ......

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Police: ND man caught in Minnesota home after sexually assaulting minor

Brainerd Dispatch 08 Sep 2018

GLYNDON, Minn ... 7, and sexually assaulting a minor who was living in the home, Glyndon Police Chief Mike Cline said. At about 1.10 a.m ... Cline said the suspect was later spotted walking along U.S ... ....

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Policemen assaulted at Moojinadu

The Times of India 08 Sep 2018

Mangaluru. A minor and his neighbours assaulted a team of police in a bid to evade arrest ... One Savitha Gore from Moojinadu was assaulted by her teenage son Abhishek Gore, and their neighbours Pramila and Jagadeesh ... ....

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Three charged following East Melbourne assault

Public Technologies 08 Sep 2018

Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged three men following an alleged assault in East Melbourne early Friday morning ... cause injury and other assault-related offences....

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