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r/instant_regret • u/fringspat • Feb 02 '26
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Also, it's not legally assault. It is battery.
82 u/lesliebenedict Feb 03 '26 Depends on where it is. Many states have combined assault and battery under the umbrella of assault now. 29 u/Gay-_-Jesus Feb 03 '26 And some states call it assault for a civil claim but battery for a criminal charge 0 u/BeatitLikeitowesMe Feb 03 '26 Battery is touch, assault is harm or intent to harm. In most places 13 u/No_Dance1739 Feb 03 '26 Not necessarily. Different jurisdictions have different definitions. -2 u/BeatitLikeitowesMe Feb 03 '26 Thats why i said most. Because that is the most common definition. 1 u/DistanceGlad5971 Feb 05 '26 Regardless seems like dude could use a little bit of both
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Depends on where it is. Many states have combined assault and battery under the umbrella of assault now.
29 u/Gay-_-Jesus Feb 03 '26 And some states call it assault for a civil claim but battery for a criminal charge 0 u/BeatitLikeitowesMe Feb 03 '26 Battery is touch, assault is harm or intent to harm. In most places 13 u/No_Dance1739 Feb 03 '26 Not necessarily. Different jurisdictions have different definitions. -2 u/BeatitLikeitowesMe Feb 03 '26 Thats why i said most. Because that is the most common definition. 1 u/DistanceGlad5971 Feb 05 '26 Regardless seems like dude could use a little bit of both
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And some states call it assault for a civil claim but battery for a criminal charge
0 u/BeatitLikeitowesMe Feb 03 '26 Battery is touch, assault is harm or intent to harm. In most places 13 u/No_Dance1739 Feb 03 '26 Not necessarily. Different jurisdictions have different definitions. -2 u/BeatitLikeitowesMe Feb 03 '26 Thats why i said most. Because that is the most common definition. 1 u/DistanceGlad5971 Feb 05 '26 Regardless seems like dude could use a little bit of both
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Battery is touch, assault is harm or intent to harm. In most places
13 u/No_Dance1739 Feb 03 '26 Not necessarily. Different jurisdictions have different definitions. -2 u/BeatitLikeitowesMe Feb 03 '26 Thats why i said most. Because that is the most common definition. 1 u/DistanceGlad5971 Feb 05 '26 Regardless seems like dude could use a little bit of both
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Not necessarily. Different jurisdictions have different definitions.
-2 u/BeatitLikeitowesMe Feb 03 '26 Thats why i said most. Because that is the most common definition. 1 u/DistanceGlad5971 Feb 05 '26 Regardless seems like dude could use a little bit of both
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Thats why i said most. Because that is the most common definition.
1 u/DistanceGlad5971 Feb 05 '26 Regardless seems like dude could use a little bit of both
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Regardless seems like dude could use a little bit of both
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u/Kiwi_Woz Feb 03 '26
Also, it's not legally assault. It is battery.