Battery

Intentionally or recklessly striking or applying physical force to another. Consent and self-defence can both be factors in this offence.

Explanation attempts (415)

29 Oct 2012 14:48

battery is related to the degree to which a violent offence has been exacted on an individual. i.e. charged with assault and battery. Battery would suggest a higher degree of physical damage to the victim.

29 Oct 2012 19:31

The act of physically 'battering' another person. Similar to assault.

30 Oct 2012 10:45

when someone has beaten someone up to a high extent.

30 Oct 2012 13:33

prison

30 Oct 2012 18:24

physically harming someone with intent and full knowledge that that is what you will do

30 Oct 2012 19:03

A type of law

30 Oct 2012 22:45

an assault on someone, that someone had been beaten.

31 Oct 2012 00:35

dont know

31 Oct 2012 19:06

with intent striking or assaulting another person

31 Oct 2012 19:23

Causing physical harm to some else, by hitting or punching for example.

31 Oct 2012 22:25

i haven't got a clue...so cant say..

1 Nov 2012 14:25

Hitting someone - assault

1 Nov 2012 16:36

some form of aggression towards another individual

1 Nov 2012 18:00

Assaulting someone without causing too much harm for it to be classed as ABH

4 Nov 2012 15:55

form of assault

20 Nov 2012 23:24

physical contact/beating.

21 Nov 2012 05:08

This describes physical (but not sexual) assault on a person

13 Nov 2013 15:48

Being beaten physically. Not like assault where you can be assaulted verbally, I don't think you can be "battered" verbally.

14 Nov 2013 20:45

Assault

14 Nov 2013 21:13

Going out to purposely hurt someone.

15 Nov 2013 19:43

beating someone up

15 Nov 2013 19:59

A physical attack on someone or something.

17 Nov 2013 11:14

beating someone up

17 Nov 2013 18:38

A form of assault - any act that may cause offence or harm to the victim by the offender. unwanted contact often causing harm.

17 Nov 2013 19:19

If you have assaulted somebody

17 Nov 2013 22:52

Battery is an offence- it means having really badly injured someone by physically beating them up.

18 Nov 2013 12:32

Hitting or injuring someone with I tent to harm

18 Nov 2013 15:04

A set of measures

18 Nov 2013 17:15

how long a session is.

18 Nov 2013 21:02

someone assaulting someone else

28 Oct 2014 17:19

A beating of a person by another which involves hitting and kicking. Would cause some physical injuries but not life threatening.

29 Oct 2014 13:43

Someone being questioned by a judge

29 Oct 2014 14:27

A guess from the term battering, to physically harm someone in a violent way.

29 Oct 2014 14:38

Causing harm to another person

29 Oct 2014 15:02

Battery means hitting or striking someone.

30 Oct 2014 16:28

Physical violence against another person, like hitting them

30 Oct 2014 17:20

When someone has been beaten.

5 Nov 2014 01:26

Assault / fighting

5 Nov 2014 13:18

Level of assault

5 Nov 2014 15:22

to assault someone with a weapon

6 Nov 2014 07:26

A victim being beaten up.

6 Nov 2014 12:49

I think it means the motivation of the crime. Guessing as a battery powers electronics, so my logic is that the battery ie the reason?motivation for carrying out a crime like the source of the crime if you will.

6 Nov 2014 20:53

some form of physical violence

6 Nov 2014 21:28

Using force against someone - punching them or slapping them. Causing a non serious injury.

6 Nov 2014 22:59

Unlawful contact with another person or something you should not do against another

7 Nov 2014 12:09

To physically assault someone.

7 Nov 2014 12:27

Physical assault

7 Nov 2014 14:42

Something involving violence and hitting etc.

7 Nov 2014 15:14

Like grievous bodily harm, beating someone.

7 Nov 2014 22:08

They should be punished and have to go with what they've done

7 Nov 2014 22:11

I have absolutely no idea what this could mean in our current context, I have never heard or come across it in any way, shape or form. A guess would be, some form of legal support?

8 Nov 2014 00:57

When you commit to having contact with people in a crowd

8 Nov 2014 08:48

You say"assault and battery", inflicting physical injury on someone.

8 Nov 2014 13:51

Not Sure

8 Nov 2014 17:51

Battery is a form of assault, either physical or mental. It differs from grievous bodily harm by severity of harm caused.

8 Nov 2014 18:22

Attacking property or a person with an object

8 Nov 2014 22:46

Violence against another person.

8 Nov 2014 22:53

An unprovoked attack on a human being

9 Nov 2014 11:45

I think the word battery essentially means assult. So an act where a person harms or hurts another person.

9 Nov 2014 17:24

Some kind of physical contact without consent.

10 Nov 2014 09:07

The crime of repeatedly violently attacking somebody.

10 Nov 2014 13:33

Hitting someone over and over again.

10 Nov 2014 14:18

If someone beats up or physically hurts someone, then it is battery

10 Nov 2014 16:03

A form of assualt, no idea of the difference.

10 Nov 2014 17:26

Battery is to do bodily harm to another person either by hands or weapon.

10 Nov 2014 18:00

When a person physically attacks another person.

10 Nov 2014 18:47

A crime involving assault

10 Nov 2014 19:04

The act of beating another person

10 Nov 2014 20:17

Battering someone!!

10 Nov 2014 20:44

Battery is a term relating to assault and being beaten up.

10 Nov 2014 21:12

to harm a person not in self defence and with excess force

10 Nov 2014 21:41

How long someone has between being arrested and going to court

10 Nov 2014 21:51

Assault or physical contact resulting in I just or mental trauma

10 Nov 2014 22:18

This is when someone assaults another person physically

10 Nov 2014 22:22

Assault, in the form of beating eg. Gbh

10 Nov 2014 22:41

Assault on someone

10 Nov 2014 22:49

When someone is beaten up.

10 Nov 2014 23:21

Assault

11 Nov 2014 06:23

Actual bodily harm to another person eg spouse

11 Nov 2014 09:41

Harm caused with intent.

11 Nov 2014 10:39

When someone is beaten

11 Nov 2014 10:56

unlawful touching of someone else. Doesn't result in injury.

11 Nov 2014 12:31

Causing harm upon another person physically

11 Nov 2014 13:22

Battery is a form of excessive physical force where the aggressor beats the victim without reason.

11 Nov 2014 13:23

When someone has physically harmed another person intentionally.

11 Nov 2014 13:42

Battery means to fight and hurt another person without that person fighting back.

11 Nov 2014 13:42

Battery means to fight and hurt another person without that person fighting back.

11 Nov 2014 15:24

When you cause physical harm to someone else. Punching, kicking. Non serious bodily harm.

11 Nov 2014 15:37

The fuel, power or evidence behind a claim

11 Nov 2014 16:02

The act of being physically hit by a person with their hands with an intent to harm.

12 Nov 2014 01:39

beating someone up. GBH, ABH etc.

12 Nov 2014 20:50

Physical harm/ destruction of property

27 Mar 2015 18:44

Absolutely no idea, maybe a term used for violence against someone..

28 Oct 2015 19:27

Physical abuse, quite severe.

29 Oct 2015 19:33

Being violently hit

4 Nov 2015 18:16

Another word for attacking someone. For causing them physical harm.

4 Nov 2015 20:42

A source of portable power

4 Nov 2015 20:51

Someone who has been punched / hit / kicked in some way.

5 Nov 2015 18:44

The term battery is used in criminal law, it is a type of assault. You can be charged with battery for committing assault on another person.

5 Nov 2015 19:04

When you hit somebody on purpose, when you assault them.

5 Nov 2015 19:17

Physical abuse, may or may not include a small mammalian creature.

6 Nov 2015 21:03

Actually hitting a person, be it with a fist/hand or any object.

6 Nov 2015 21:11

A small metal device that is pre loaded with a set amount of electricity which can be transferred wirelessly to a device provided the correct mechanism is in place to do this

6 Nov 2015 21:22

Battery- an electronics device which acts as an electronical artificial energy source.

7 Nov 2015 00:12

Beating someone up. Physically causing damage to someone

7 Nov 2015 17:40

Physical aggression against a person over a period of time

9 Nov 2015 18:31

Aggressive physical force directed at a victim, more severe than a single strike to their person/s. Weapon may be used to inflict as much harm as possible. The victim would have very strong physical indications of the barrage about their persons.

9 Nov 2015 23:32

The charge against someone

10 Nov 2015 09:13

I believe Battery means a form of violence committed against a victim.

10 Nov 2015 22:12

Something that is used to power devices by transmitting chemical energy. In terms of law, physically contact that is unjust/unlawful

11 Nov 2015 13:59

Injuring someone by physical contact

12 Nov 2015 13:41

Harming someone or something with intent with a weapon

12 Nov 2015 15:59

Striking or abusing in a physical manner

12 Nov 2015 19:40

Severely beating someone up perhaps over a prolonged period of time.

16 Nov 2015 13:14

Some form of caging and penning in, like an animal on a battery farm. A form of crowd control.

16 Nov 2015 17:20

Linked with assault, beating with intent to harm.

16 Nov 2015 18:58

Battery is used to describe an offence where physical violence has occurred but not to the state where the victims life is at risk.

16 Nov 2015 19:17

Some that lasts for a certain amount of time.

16 Nov 2015 23:38

An attack with intent to damage; an act of damage

17 Nov 2015 10:22

Violent or threatening behaviour

17 Nov 2015 16:30

I think battery refers to assault of some kind, it doesn't have to be physical.

17 Nov 2015 21:18

Inflicting physical damage on someone

18 Nov 2015 19:31

Infliction of injury or harm to someone.

19 Nov 2015 09:57

Verbal or physical abuse. A way to describe it being fairly seriuos assult

19 Nov 2015 19:14

Something which powers/ enables things to work

19 Nov 2015 23:17

This means beating someone up and hurting them in an aggressive manner

20 Nov 2015 00:10

Assaulting a person. Causing harm to them or 'beating them up'.

20 Nov 2015 13:10

A crime whereby brutal force/violence is used against another person

20 Nov 2015 16:56

Beating or heating another person

20 Nov 2015 16:59

Beating someone up

20 Nov 2015 18:19

Assault.

20 Nov 2015 18:34

Excessive force or assault.

20 Nov 2015 18:45

Violent psychical contact

21 Nov 2015 11:22

Battery is a form of physical contact taking place which is deemed harmful.

21 Nov 2015 20:00

type of assault

22 Nov 2015 16:11

Assault with intent

22 Nov 2015 16:27

Battering someone

22 Nov 2015 16:56

When someone is physically harmed to a serious extent

22 Nov 2015 17:34

act of physical violence towards a person

22 Nov 2015 18:59

Battery could be the electrical charge. This is a guess

22 Nov 2015 20:16

A storage device used to supply power to an electronic device.

22 Nov 2015 20:50

I'm not sure, perhaps something to do with part of a court room.

22 Nov 2015 21:03

A form of energy Or Beating someone up, to "batter someone"

22 Nov 2015 21:23

Physically harming another person by punching or hitting with an object to the extent that bruising or cuts are present. Differs from assault as an assault can be verbal alone.

22 Nov 2015 23:17

When a witness is being questioned and the questioned being asked are all yes or no questions.

22 Nov 2015 23:28

unrelenting aggression towards another person

23 Nov 2015 00:02

Using force against someone in an illegal manner.

23 Nov 2015 00:19

It means when you hit/punch someone.

23 Nov 2015 00:38

Battery is the process in which one party is beaten or assaulted by another.

23 Nov 2015 08:14

Physical violence when somebody gets seriously hurt / 'battered'

23 Nov 2015 09:48

Part od the court

23 Nov 2015 09:52

A person having been convicted of a suspected act of violence.

23 Nov 2015 12:55

when a person attacks as in hits another person

23 Nov 2015 14:17

beating, assault, AAA

23 Nov 2015 15:52

It's something to do with assault, I'm not too sure but I know you can be charged with assault and battery. Maybe using a weapon whilst assaulting someone?

23 Nov 2015 19:57

Similar to assault.

8 Nov 2016 14:28

Battery is physical assault of an individual

8 Nov 2016 14:45

Physical violence towards someone

8 Nov 2016 16:06

Physical attack causing harm

8 Nov 2016 16:23

A form of physical abuse perpetrated by an individual using their own body

8 Nov 2016 18:28

Hitting someone repeatedly with sufficient force to cause serious injury

8 Nov 2016 20:16

A source of energy to result in power

8 Nov 2016 20:50

Physical abuse

8 Nov 2016 22:48

Contact in an assault

9 Nov 2016 08:51

A crime where you attack someone else

9 Nov 2016 12:48

Battery is the harming of an individual through physical means, but it is different to assault.

9 Nov 2016 13:28

Physical injury....I know the term assault and battery meaning the threat of violence and the physical act itself

9 Nov 2016 14:22

like for a torch?

9 Nov 2016 14:32

A violent act on another person, when the victim does not fight back?

9 Nov 2016 14:34

Assault

9 Nov 2016 14:39

To preserve information for a long amount of time

9 Nov 2016 14:44

The excessive assault of a person or group by another person or group. Beating them till them are considerably injured.

9 Nov 2016 16:24

I would guess that this means giving power to someone else

9 Nov 2016 21:45

To inflict harm in a violent or sexual way to another

10 Nov 2016 09:45

The group of people in a court room who vote as to whether the person being accused is guilty or not based on the evidence provided.

10 Nov 2016 10:08

Hurting someone, probably using fists, kicks etc. Probably in a major way

10 Nov 2016 10:18

To inflict injury upon someone in a sustained and violent manner causing significant damage.

10 Nov 2016 13:59

A assalt on another person.

10 Nov 2016 16:31

When you have violently abused someone. Better than ABH but worse than assault.

11 Nov 2016 12:37

A weapon used by a criminal.

11 Nov 2016 13:00

I believe the word battery describes when someone is extremely violent towards another person during one occasion, without the other person fighting back/defending themselves. For some reason I associate it with domestic violence.

11 Nov 2016 15:06

A large crowd of people are detained for the same reason

12 Nov 2016 09:30

causing injury to another person using a weapon

12 Nov 2016 10:06

Something similar to assault, you would commit battery as an offence

12 Nov 2016 16:43

Hurt like a beating

12 Nov 2016 16:49

Being subjected to a physical assault, a beating by somebody

13 Nov 2016 16:57

Battery is a crime that involves harmful physical contact

13 Nov 2016 17:42

Using force against someone

13 Nov 2016 19:18

It's to do with physical assault.

13 Nov 2016 19:41

When someone is attacked viciously

14 Nov 2016 00:08

Something used to charge various christmas gifts and phones. Comes in AA and AAA.

14 Nov 2016 11:40

Firing lots of questions at accused

14 Nov 2016 11:44

Assaulting somone else by hitting them.

14 Nov 2016 13:53

Battery is where you hold people who have broken the law. It's like prison but not as bad.

14 Nov 2016 13:58

assault or physically attacking someone

14 Nov 2016 14:01

Causing injury to someone through physical harm

14 Nov 2016 14:16

Unagravated assualt on a person

14 Nov 2016 15:20

When someone is accused of physical abuse.

14 Nov 2016 16:30

A type of injury

14 Nov 2016 17:01

I have no idea.

14 Nov 2016 17:15

knowingly hurting another individual, sometimes seriously

14 Nov 2016 17:17

Battery is a form of bodily harm.

14 Nov 2016 17:23

You've beaten someone up and caused them harm

14 Nov 2016 17:46

Either something you put in a report or getting beat up

14 Nov 2016 17:59

Physical hurting someone on purpose, involving any form of physical contact that's harmful

14 Nov 2016 18:05

Causing physical harm to a person with intent

14 Nov 2016 19:08

A thing that stores electricity

14 Nov 2016 20:23

The act of performing violent physical actions against someone else.

14 Nov 2016 22:24

Causing harm without consent

14 Nov 2016 22:27

A group of criminals performing a specific type of criminal activity

14 Nov 2016 23:02

A energy source

15 Nov 2016 08:33

Bodily harm, violent assault.

15 Nov 2016 12:04

Assault or physical attack

15 Nov 2016 12:30

A mild assult with injury but nothing really

4 Nov 2017 14:36

A tactic used by the police to organise disorderly groups into controllable crowds

4 Nov 2017 14:36

A tactic used by the police to organise disorderly groups into controllable crowds

6 Nov 2017 19:01

This is normally used to describe a physical act of violence against another person.

7 Nov 2017 19:30

Assault

7 Nov 2017 20:57

Intent of criminal offence

8 Nov 2017 14:32

Battery is a term used in cases of assault. It means 'to beat up' or 'to injure with intent'.

8 Nov 2017 17:19

physical assualt

10 Nov 2017 14:52

An item which gives an object power, however, will eventually run out of charge.

11 Nov 2017 16:20

an aggressive violent act leading to physical harm, but not causing death

11 Nov 2017 18:32

A form of assault.

12 Nov 2017 13:47

Physical abuse

12 Nov 2017 17:24

A criminal offence involving one person or a group of people enacting physical violence against another person or group of people

12 Nov 2017 17:29

Assaulting someone

12 Nov 2017 17:40

Assault, inflicting harm in another person physically

12 Nov 2017 18:31

When someone harms another person

12 Nov 2017 19:17

No idea in a law context. Maybe being forced into saying something that isn't true?

12 Nov 2017 21:23

To hurt, attack relentlessly or assault. Assault and battery.

12 Nov 2017 21:46

something which charges up

13 Nov 2017 08:06

A violent assault

13 Nov 2017 08:18

Battery is used when there has been a physically violent crime i.e. one person has caused bodily harm to another

13 Nov 2017 08:19

Battery is when you intentionally cause harm to someone

13 Nov 2017 11:15

Causing excessive harm to a person

13 Nov 2017 11:25

No idea

13 Nov 2017 11:41

In Chess, we use it when two or more pieces sort of work together. so we say "they form a battery", Probably similar meaning in law as well.

13 Nov 2017 12:51

Something that gives juice to technical items.

13 Nov 2017 13:17

The lasting power of an object

13 Nov 2017 14:47

Beating up. May include GBH or assault. To attack

13 Nov 2017 16:39

Harming another person (physical contact)

16 Nov 2023 17:42

Physical assault

16 Nov 2023 18:13

Physical assault

16 Nov 2023 19:58

An act of brutal physical assault.

16 Nov 2023 19:58

An act of brutal physical assault.

16 Nov 2023 21:28

Direct action involving aggressive physical contact

17 Nov 2023 17:16

An offence which involves hitting ?

17 Nov 2023 17:48

The act of hurting a person through assault usually physical assault and not sexual. Typically through use of limbs or objects that can be held.

18 Nov 2023 12:44

physical harm

18 Nov 2023 13:42

physical damage to a person, property or environment

18 Nov 2023 13:44

Causing physical injury to another person

19 Nov 2023 14:46

It’s when someone has been beaten up ie as in assault and vattery

19 Nov 2023 17:10

Fighting

19 Nov 2023 17:21

i do not know i'd have to look it up, to me battery is a power source

19 Nov 2023 17:31

Battery is something someone gets charged with after an assault

19 Nov 2023 18:16

violence against another person without killing them or giving them lifelong injuries

19 Nov 2023 18:45

Harm to the body that’s lower down the scale of a GBH. Bad but could be worse

19 Nov 2023 22:58

a source of energy.

20 Nov 2023 10:06

No idea!

20 Nov 2023 11:35

When someone physically assaults someone

20 Nov 2023 11:52

Hitting someone

20 Nov 2023 12:15

committing an act that involves force against another person which results in harming another person.

20 Nov 2023 12:15

Hurting another person, without the use of weapons. Causing harm towards them.

20 Nov 2023 12:27

Physical assault

20 Nov 2023 15:19

A criminal offence involving physical assault

20 Nov 2023 16:33

I think it means violence or harm to a person or people. Primarily through the use of punches, kicks or the using of a blunt weapon.

20 Nov 2023 18:51

More serious case of assault

20 Nov 2023 20:42

Violence with motive

21 Nov 2023 04:38

Is normally associated with assault and battery. Battery is physically harming another person

21 Nov 2023 11:16

To hit someone or attack someone

21 Nov 2023 12:26

To physically assault/abuse an individual.

21 Nov 2023 12:46

Similar to assault

21 Nov 2023 13:41

An assault of some kind

21 Nov 2023 14:03

Beating someone up

21 Nov 2023 14:24

Assault

21 Nov 2023 14:50

I think it’s is related to physical abuse/ assault .

21 Nov 2023 15:26

Assault

21 Nov 2023 15:30

A device used to power tech

21 Nov 2023 16:23

Persistent assault to cause someone harm either physical or emotional. Usually as a means to gain information.

21 Nov 2023 16:59

harming someone

21 Nov 2023 17:05

the small metallic equipment used to produce energy for different small appliances

21 Nov 2023 17:08

The act of a physical assault

21 Nov 2023 19:03

Accusations of physical harm against another person

21 Nov 2023 19:09

A thing that supplies electrical charge.

21 Nov 2023 19:59

Something that powers electricals

21 Nov 2023 20:18

Unsure!

21 Nov 2023 21:04

An assault of sort

21 Nov 2023 21:10

An assult

21 Nov 2023 21:29

Physical violence to a person

21 Nov 2023 21:29

Battery is a term used to describe physical damage to and objet or person

21 Nov 2023 21:38

Battery is when a criminal has beaten up a victim so badly that they're unrecognisable

21 Nov 2023 22:48

Deliberate physical abuse or attacks

21 Nov 2023 22:59

Physical and unconsented harm or contact to a person.

22 Nov 2023 00:59

Form of assault, that is committed by direct or indirect force and can lead to injury or any form of unwanted and offensive contact.

22 Nov 2023 01:05

A form of violence that entails use of force.

22 Nov 2023 01:28

The use of force directly or indirectly upon a persons belongings or themselves, causing injury or contact.

22 Nov 2023 01:40

Form of assault, that involves unlawful force.

22 Nov 2023 02:46

Power source

22 Nov 2023 14:09

Something that charges appliances or the cat of beating someone

22 Nov 2023 17:29

A type of physical assault

27 Nov 2023 13:49

serious form of assault where someone forcefully hurts another person

13 Dec 2023 14:29

Assault against someone.

13 Dec 2023 16:25

A form of assault where the assaulter severely hurt a person for no good reason, not self defense

1 Jan 2024 17:24

Actually harming someone

1 Jan 2024 17:32

Harming a person by verbal or physical means

1 Jan 2024 22:44

Assault or violence?

17 Oct 2024 15:28

It is a type of assault. Physical assault to another person.

18 Oct 2024 13:21

Physical violence towards another person

18 Oct 2024 15:09

Domestic violence, or someone beating up another person

19 Oct 2024 11:17

A person has physically hurt another person

19 Oct 2024 20:06

Physically hurting someone

20 Oct 2024 09:39

Something that is used as a motivator for someone to cause an offence

20 Oct 2024 13:10

Assault

20 Oct 2024 14:47

A situation where one person has violently abused another.

20 Oct 2024 15:06

Battery is when there is extensive physical harm to another .

20 Oct 2024 17:36

Someone has been physically harmed by another person

20 Oct 2024 17:37

Assaulting a person

20 Oct 2024 20:04

Again I am not at all sure what this means, but if i was to guess I would say it means another person has assisted you with committing a crime??

20 Oct 2024 20:12

hurting someone physically.

20 Oct 2024 20:13

Intentional harm to another person

20 Oct 2024 20:20

like harming another person using violence, it usually comes after assault in the charge given

20 Oct 2024 20:21

To use violence again people

20 Oct 2024 20:33

Assault by or a forceful action by a perpetrator

20 Oct 2024 21:08

A term used for someone who harms others physically

20 Oct 2024 21:22

To attack someone repeatedly?

21 Oct 2024 12:18

From what I understand, battery is some form of assault. My understanding comes from hearing various news stories.

21 Oct 2024 12:31

A kind of assault, causing physical injury.

21 Oct 2024 13:02

Inflicting physical pain with deliberate want to cause injury

21 Oct 2024 13:57

How people are charged when they commit a crime

21 Oct 2024 14:17

Something to do with physical harm.

21 Oct 2024 14:20

Assault on a person. Physical or mental Assault.

21 Oct 2024 14:20

physically assaulting someone

21 Oct 2024 14:39

A criminal offence in which someone uses violence to harm someone

21 Oct 2024 14:44

Attacking another with intent to inflict serous harm.

21 Oct 2024 15:23

To injure someone in a fight as in battered with hands, feet or using an implement

21 Oct 2024 16:32

Battery is a form of physical abuse.

21 Oct 2024 18:42

A thing I have to use in some appliances to make it work. It provides connection and allows electric current to flow through enabling the appliance/device to work.

21 Oct 2024 22:13

In this context Battery is associated with assault and battery and is all edged against someone who has caused harm to another through physical violence such as through the use of hands, feet and head.

21 Oct 2024 22:50

Assault

22 Oct 2024 10:17

Physical abuse causing significant injury

22 Oct 2024 10:34

I don't know

22 Oct 2024 10:56

Physically harming someone

22 Oct 2024 11:00

Assault or violence inflicted on somebody

22 Oct 2024 11:05

Causing physical abuse or harm to someone else

22 Oct 2024 12:11

Causing harm to an individual or their property.

22 Oct 2024 12:44

To cause physical harm on a persons body, a step down from assault

22 Oct 2024 12:59

Physical violence to a person, hitting, punching etc

22 Oct 2024 13:14

Physical beating someone up

22 Oct 2024 15:10

Carrying out an indecent assault in the eyes of the law

22 Oct 2024 16:59

Physical assault (repeated hitting) of another person.

22 Oct 2024 17:09

A crime where you beat some one up

22 Oct 2024 17:20

Beating

22 Oct 2024 17:37

When the assault is accidental

22 Oct 2024 17:39

Violent behaviour towards another person. Particularly in domestic abuse cases.

22 Oct 2024 19:38

Injuring someone purposefully and in a sustained manner.

22 Oct 2024 19:58

Physcial assault

22 Oct 2024 20:17

Sustained physical violent bahviour by one person to another causing significant harm.

22 Oct 2024 20:19

Battery would refer to an assault through beating, ie punching/hitting/kicking causing harm to the person.

22 Oct 2024 20:21

A beating

22 Oct 2024 20:23

Cause physical harm to by assault.

22 Oct 2024 20:30

Physically hurting another person.

22 Oct 2024 20:34

A crime where someone beats someone up

22 Oct 2024 20:55

I'd ask them what had happened and how/why I understand this means volience and would want to understand why they've found themselves in this situation so I understand how best to help them. I believe this means they would have caused harm with violence against another person.

22 Oct 2024 21:15

Violently attacking and assaulting someone, causing injury

22 Oct 2024 21:34

harming someone with physical violence

22 Oct 2024 21:34

It is another term for assault or violence. To be the victim of battery means you have been physically assaulted.

22 Oct 2024 21:36

a violent crime involving hitting

22 Oct 2024 22:09

Means when someone has been charged for repeatedly attacking a defenceless person

22 Oct 2024 22:19

When you hit someone loads of times. I depends how bad the crime is if I would help them

22 Oct 2024 22:24

When someone is physically assaulted

22 Oct 2024 22:27

no idea

22 Oct 2024 22:51

Unlawful physical assault

22 Oct 2024 23:19

Some sort of damage to something

23 Oct 2024 00:45

Force upon another

23 Oct 2024 01:13

My understanding of battery is a violent act towards someone and they draw blood.

23 Oct 2024 04:19

A form of physical abuse

23 Oct 2024 08:05

Hitting and punching someone

23 Oct 2024 08:36

Some form of abuse or violence

23 Oct 2024 09:19

Intentional physical assault

23 Oct 2024 11:09

When someone hits another person and does major harm to them, crime that is prisonable.

23 Oct 2024 11:11

Source of power

23 Oct 2024 11:14

when someone intentionally makes physical contact with another person in a harmful or offensive way, like hitting, pushing, or slapping them without their consent.

23 Oct 2024 11:28

Another word for assault

23 Oct 2024 11:32

hitting someone with an object

23 Oct 2024 13:38

Something which holds energy and can charge stuff

23 Oct 2024 19:45

Assault by beating a person.

23 Oct 2024 22:11

Physically hurting someone. Making physical contact.

26 Oct 2024 10:44

When you have engaged in a violent attack on someone

27 Oct 2024 11:44

Personal violent attack on a person.

28 Oct 2024 15:32

This means physical harm to another person.

5 Nov 2024 15:01

physical abuse (beating someone)

5 Nov 2024 15:06

A motive

5 Nov 2024 15:20

Type of assault, not necessarily the same as grevious bodily harm. More of an uncalculated and blunt attack.

6 Nov 2024 19:57

A crime ?

9 Nov 2024 11:28

Physical attack or harm to another person

9 Nov 2024 11:30

Intentionally damage on property

9 Nov 2024 16:28

Someone has physically hurt someone

9 Nov 2024 17:02

Inflicting pain on to someone purposefully through physical contact.

9 Nov 2024 17:44

Hurt somebody or something

9 Nov 2024 17:52

Think this means a assault

12 Nov 2024 20:46

the offence of physically harming another individual

12 Nov 2024 20:56

Give a device or electronic life.

12 Nov 2024 21:42

I associate the term battery with a person being charged with assault &battery therefore to mean violent/aggressive behaviour.

13 Nov 2024 16:42

Beaten up

13 Nov 2024 18:12

Need to consider what’s best for me to help this person

13 Nov 2024 18:14

A charge that people get for hurting someone else?

13 Nov 2024 21:21

Physical harm to a person

13 Nov 2024 21:23

Unwanted physical harm

13 Nov 2024 21:40

The action of someone where they hit a victim themselves using e.g. their hands, fists feet or they use an implement and it causes hurt or harm to the victim

16 Nov 2024 12:25

Causing blunt force trauma. Used primarily alongside assault.

17 Nov 2024 17:55

An assault by a husband on a wife

20 Nov 2024 15:53

Physical contact, without consent, resulting in injury.

20 Nov 2024 18:39

When someone inflicts physical harm upon a victim, often with multiple blows

20 Nov 2024 19:09

Physical violence

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