Assault and Battery 18.2-57: Any person who commits a simple assault or assault and battery shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor What does assault and battery mean? Assault is an attempt or offer, with force and violence, to do some bodily hurt to another. Battery is the actual infliction of corporal hurt on another (i.e., the least touching of …
Assault and Battery 18.2-57: Any person who commits a simple assault or assault and battery shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor What does assault and battery mean? Assault is an attempt or offer, with force and violence, to do some bodily hurt to another. Battery is the actual infliction of corporal hurt on another (i.e., the least touching of …