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assault Assault is an attempt or offer, with force and violence, to do a corporal hurt to another, as by striking at him with or without a weapon. No words, how provoking so ever they be; will amount to an assault. Assault does not always recessarily imply a hitting or blow. Assault is an intentional offer of force or violence to the person of another. The constitute an assault there must be a menace of violence, with a present ability to commit it. |