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At common law, battery is the tort of intentionally (or, in Australia, negligently) and voluntarily bringing about an unconsented harmful or offensive contact with a person or to something closely associated with them (e.g. a hat, a purse). Unlike assault, battery involves an actual contact. The contact can be by one person (the tortfeasor) of another (the victim), or the contact may be by an object brought about by the tortfeasor. For example, the intentional contact by a car is a battery.

Battery is a form of trespass to the person and as such no actual damage (eg. injury) needs to be proved. Only proof of contact (with the appropriate level of intention or negligence) needs to be made. If there is an attempted battery, but no actual contact, that may constitute a tort of assault.

The degree and quality of intent in civil (tortuous) battery is different to that for criminal battery. The degree and quality of intent sufficient for battery also varies between common law countries, and often within differing jurisdictions of those countries. In Australia, negligence in an action is sufficient to establish intent. In the United States, intention to do an act that ultimately results in contact is sufficient for the tort of battery, while intention to inflict an injury on another is required for criminal battery.

In the United States, the common law requires the contact for battery be "harmful or offensive". The offensiveness is measured against a 'reasonable person' standard. Looking at a contact objectively, as a reasonable person would see it, would this contact be offensive? Thus, a hypersensitive person would fail on a battery action if jostled by fellow passengers on a subway, as this contact is expected in normal society and a reasonable person would not find it offensive. Harmful is defined by any physical damage to the body.

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1. Understand the Difference between an Assault and a Battery
May 26, 2009

Assault and Battery are very common violations that mostly lead to personal injury cases. The definitions of these violations are different but still are present in all the law traditions. So while being in a foreign country it is better to know the local definition of these offences to avoid them. As for assault in the common law tradition, it is the tort of acting intentionally and voluntarily causing the reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive contact. Assault as a tort requires intent, so it is an intentional tort, as opposed to a tort of negligence. Also assault can h... (read more)

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