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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.

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NetworkLlama t1_ja8ow9f wrote

Depends on the state. Assault covers both in some states.

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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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