Noun
an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
Source: WordNetIf there's no hatred in a mind Assault and battery of the wind Can never tear the linnet from the leaf. William Butler Yeats
After tests proved that the bite marks were his, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery charges, while the sodomy charge was dropped. Source: Internet
At the time he was set free, Young was staring down charges of first degree burglary, possession of a weapon during violent crime, criminal conspiracy, three counts of armed robbery, kidnapping and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Source: Internet
Brown with Clary: 214 But in the early 1950s, on the field activities sometimes denigrated to borderline assault and battery Ratterman; with Deindorfer: 125 with teams' star players being viciously targeted by opposing players. Source: Internet
Kevin Pires, 30, was arrested early Sunday and charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, police said. Source: Internet
Anderson was charged with breach of peace, aggravated in nature, three counts of discharging a firearm into a vehicle, three counts of malicious damage, unlawful carrying of a pistol, criminal conspiracy and assault and battery by a mob second degree. Source: Internet