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assault n. tentativa o amenazas de lesiones, acometimiento (pop)(mostly US). assaultive adj. referente a la tentativa o amenazas de lesiones.
• An attempt, with unlawful force, to inflict bodily injuries on another, accompanied with the apparent present ability to give effect to the attempt if not prevented. (Peasley v. Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co., 125 P.2d 681, 690)
Syn. simple assault. menacing (US-AL/NY). uttering threats (CA)
As a crime assault is a close equivalent to the civil law crime of amenazas, since both share the common elements of threat and raising fear in another. Amenazas, however, is considered a broader concept that includes as intended harm not only physical violence on a person, but also damage to property, attack on reputation, and coercion to force another to commit a crime.
aggravated assault tentativa o amenazas de lesiones con agravantes. assault and battery lesiones, agresión. assault causing bodily harm lesiones. assault with a deadly weapon tentativa o amenazas de lesiones con un arma que puede causar la muerte, acometimiento y agresión con una arma mortífera (PR). assault with intent to commit murder tentativa o amenazas de lesiones con intención de cometer un homicidio calificado. assault with intent to commit rape tentativa o amenazas de lesiones con la intención de cometer violación. assault with intent to kill tentativa o amenazas de lesiones con intención de causar la muerte. common assault (US) tentativa o amenazas de lesiones simple. sexual assault violación || abuso deshonesto.
Reference:
(CA) Criminal Code R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s. 265; (UK) Halsbury's Laws para 488; (US) Harris v. State, 58 S. E. 680, 681, 2 Ga. App. 487 Brown v. Yaspan, 10 N.Y. S.2d 502, 503, 256 App. Div. 991; Related Terms: endangerment, poner en peligro; indecent assault, abuso deshonesto; intentional placing in fear, provocar miedo o temor intencionalmente; present ability to succeed, posibilidad real de lograrlo; threat to cause injury, amenazas de lesiones. Not intended to be legal advice or able to be construed as such. Anyone acting on any of the contents herein does so on the basis of own volition and risk. |
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