Definitions of criminal law

Definition of assault

A person is guilty of assault if he intentionally or recklessly causes another person to fear the application to his body of immediate, unlawful force. Common law or s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988

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Definition of battery

A person is guilty of battery if he intentionally or recklessly applies unlawful force to the body of another person. Common law or s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988

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Definition of s47 assault

A person is guilty of s47 assault of he intentionally or recklessly applies unlawful force to the body of another person causing actual bodily harm. s47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861

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Definition of s20 assault

A person is guilty of s20 assault if he intentionally or recklessly applies unlawful force to the body of another person causing grievous bodily harm or wounding. s20 Offences Against the Person Act 1861

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Definition of s18 assault

A person is guilty of s18 assault if he intentionally applies force to the body of another person causing grievous bodily harm or wounding.

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Definition of theft

A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. s1 (1) Theft Act 1968

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Definition of robbery

A person is guilty of robbery if he steal, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force. s8 Theft Act 1968

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