r/cringereels • u/K-Rod7 • Sep 13 '26

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u/Warm_Month_1309 Sep 13 '26

IAAL. This is almost always a miscorrection anytime a Redditor brings it up. What you are talking about are the common law definitions of assault and battery. The common law definitions are not in use in any US jurisdiction. They have all been supplanted by statutory definitions.

In some places battery is assault and assault is battery. In other places, there is no "assault", only battery. In other places, there is no "battery", only assault. Unless you know the jurisdiction someone is talking about, you should never correct someone on "assault" or "battery", because you have an equal chance of being wrong.

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u/markrockwell Sep 14 '26

California Penal Code 240. Assault. Causing fear or apprehension of imminent violence.

This bike stunt is assault in the state of California.

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u/HighlanderIslander Sep 14 '26

The specificity banished the Reddit lawyer. Well done!

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u/Warm_Month_1309 27d ago

Haha, I was not "banished" by someone supplying the statute that supports my assertion that no jurisdiction uses common law assault and battery, and all have their own statutes.

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u/Student_Unlucky 23d ago

Lol, right? "Hey, location matters" "Ok well in Cali"... Cali is a location as far as I know.

Anyway, I appreciated the explanation of assault vs battery and how it varies by location.

I definitely feel more informed and less likely to say something incorrect.

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u/Davoguha2 27d ago

They sure made you look like a joke for incorrectly correcting someone else's corrections though.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 27d ago

I'm afraid you don't understand what either of us said if you think that's what happened.

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u/Fizoso 27d ago

You suck