ASSAULT AND BATTERY

assault and battery.Loosely, a criminal battery. See BATTERY.

“Although the term assault and battery is frequently used when a battery has been committed,

one  who  commits  a  battery  cannot  also  be  punished  for  committing  an  assault,  since  the  lesser

offense  of  assault  blends  into  the  actual  battery.”  Paul  Marcus,  “Assault  and  Battery,”  in  1

Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice 88, 88 (Sanford H. Kadish ed., 1983).[Blacks Law 8th]