In common law
> An attempt with force or violence to do a corporal injury to another; may consist of any act tending to such corporal injury, accompanied with such circumstances as denotes at the time an intention, coupled with present ability, of using actual violence against the person.
or “reasonable apprehension of the immediate application of force to the victim”.
“Assault” varies in definition by jurisdiction and circumstance. Pulling a conversation about sexual assault into the weeds is, frankly, a strange move, but go on with your bait.
Definitions predominant involve violence, physical force, or reasonable & immediate expectation of it.
Not big on distorting ideas with loaded language: the bait was theirs.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
dictionary entry
> # assault > noun
> a violent attack
legal definition
In common law > An attempt with force or violence to do a corporal injury to another; may consist of any act tending to such corporal injury, accompanied with such circumstances as denotes at the time an intention, coupled with present ability, of using actual violence against the person. or “reasonable apprehension of the immediate application of force to the victim”.
No.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
“Assault” varies in definition by jurisdiction and circumstance. Pulling a conversation about sexual assault into the weeds is, frankly, a strange move, but go on with your bait.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Definitions predominant involve violence, physical force, or reasonable & immediate expectation of it. Not big on distorting ideas with loaded language: the bait was theirs.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I think you might need to learn a bit about body language and context. Frankly, this entire conversation has made me fairly uncomfortable, so I’m out