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]