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psychicsword t1_ja80koe wrote
Reply to comment by GeekFurious in Pickup driver arrested after crash with cyclists killed 2 and injured 11 by besselfunctions
Just attempting to scare someone us by itself assault. The act of carrying out that threat is battery.
NetworkLlama t1_ja8ow9f wrote
Depends on the state. Assault covers both in some states.
Panzerdrek t1_jabj1c4 wrote
That's the common law tort definition. For various reasons lots of states call what would be a battery as a tort an assault under criminal statutes.
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