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    Assault involves intentionally causing another person to apprehend an imminent harmful or offensive contact, while battery requires the actual occurrence of unlawful physical contact. Assault does not require physical contact but battery does. The elements of assault are a positive act by the defendant, reasonable apprehension of contact by the plaintiff, and intent. Defenses include self-defense, carrying out a statutory duty, and consent.

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    Assault involves intentionally causing another person to apprehend an imminent harmful or offensive contact, while battery requires the actual occurrence of unlawful physical contact. Assault does not require physical contact but battery does. The elements of assault are a positive act by the defendant, reasonable apprehension of contact by the plaintiff, and intent. Defenses include self-defense, carrying out a statutory duty, and consent.

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    Assault involves intentionally causing another person to apprehend an imminent harmful or offensive contact, while battery requires the actual occurrence of unlawful physical contact. Assault does not require physical contact but battery does. The elements of assault are a positive act by the defendant, reasonable apprehension of contact by the plaintiff, and intent. Defenses include self-defense, carrying out a statutory duty, and consent.

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    Assault involves intentionally causing another person to apprehend an imminent harmful or offensive contact, while battery requires the actual occurrence of unlawful physical contact. Assault does not require physical contact but battery does. The elements of assault are a positive act by the defendant, reasonable apprehension of contact by the plaintiff, and intent. Defenses include self-defense, carrying out a statutory duty, and consent.

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    ASSAULT

    By : Shourya garg
    Difference BETWEEN ASSAULT AND BATTERY
     In common law, assault is • Battery is tort of
    the tort of acting intentionally and voluntarily
    intentionally, causing the bringing about an
    reasonable apprehension of unconsented harmful or
    an immediate harmful or offensive contact with a
    offensive contact. person.
    • Assault does not need • Actual contact is necessary.
    actual contact
    ELEMENTS
    1 POSITIVE ACT BY DEFENDANT
    ●

    PLAINTIFF HAD REASONABLE


    2
    ●

    APPREHENION

    3 ACT SHOULD BE INTENTIONAL


    ●
    DEFENCES
    1 Self defence
    ●

    2 Statutory duty
    ●

    3 Consent
    ●

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