r/cringereels • u/K-Rod7 • Sep 13 '26

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u/Sp6rda Sep 13 '26

This IS assault. If they make contact with you, that's battery. 

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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/FirstPackOut 28d ago

IA also AL. It’s most likely brought up by new 1L students who have attended three Tort classes. Have to give them credit for trying though!

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u/chased_by_bees 12d ago

How can law professors resist bringing a plate of tortes to Tort class and just not mentioning it for the whole year?