Assault in some US jurisdictions is defined more broadly still as any intentional physical contact with another person without their consent ; but in the majority of the United States, and in England and Wales and all other common law jurisdictions in the world, this is defined instead as battery.

Assault is a common law crime defined as " unlawfully and intentionally applying force to the person of another, or inspiring a belief in that other that force is immediately to be applied to him.

Assault ( or common assault ) is committed if one intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence.

A common field-modification was to mount a large steel shield, known as an " ACAV set " ( Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle ), around the commander's 50-cal.

The term SABR ( Selectable Assault Battle Rifle ) was also used at certain points, but is less common.

According to Goldhagen, his Holocaust studies address questions about the political, social, and cultural particulars behind other genocides: “ Who did the killing ?” “ What, despite temporal and cultural differences, do mass killings have in common ?”, which yielded Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity, about the global nature of genocide, and averting such crimes against humanity.

This game, along with LucasArts ' Star Wars: Rebel Assault and Brøderbund's Myst, helped promote the adoption of CD drives, which were not yet common.

* Assault causing bodily harm: See assault causing bodily harm Section 267 ( b ) of the Code.

It is important to know that a consensual fight between two adults is not an assault, but that an individual cannot consent to an Assault with Weapon, Assault Causing Bodily Harm, Aggravated Assault, or any Sexual Assault.

; Assault occasioning actual bodily harm: The offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm is created by section 47 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

; Assault with intent to rob: The penalty for assault with intent to rob is provided by section 8 ( 2 ) of the Theft Act 1968.

; Assault with intent to resist arrest: The offence of assault with intent to resist arrest is created by section 38 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

; Assault on a constable in the execution of his duty: Section 89 ( 1 ) of the Police Act 1996 provides that it is an offence for a person to assault either:

* LHA ( for " Landing Helicopter Assault "), US Navy hull classification symbol for general purpose amphibious assault ships of the Tarawa class

RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims, and to ensure that rapists are brought to justice.

These include the Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines ( previously the Comacchio Group ), a special guard and oil rig guard force, the Special Boat Service, a maritime special forces unit, and an assault craft unit, 1 Assault Group Royal Marines, which supervises landing craft on board the amphibious ships and landing craft training.

Moore was transferred to Fort Benning and commanded a battalion in the 11th Air Assault Division, undergoing air assault and air mobility training and tests until July 1965, when the Division was redesignated the 1st Cavalry Division.

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban ( AWB ) ( or Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act ) was a subtitle of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law in the United States that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms, so called " assault weapons ".

Assault weapon ( semi-automatic ) refers primarily ( but not exclusively ) to firearms that possess the cosmetics of an assault rifle ( which are fully-automatic ).

2038, the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003, on May 8, 2003, before the assault weapons ban expired.

Title XI, subtitle A, formally known as the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, but commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban or Semiautomatic Assault Weapons Ban, barred the manufacture of 19 specific semi-automatic firearms, classified as " assault weapons " ( a non-technical term ), as well as any semi-automatic rifle, pistol, or shotgun that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine, and which has two or more of the following features: A telescoping or folding stock, a pistol grip, a flash suppressor, a grenade launcher, and a bayonet lug.

The FAMAS ( or " Assault rifle of the Saint-Étienne weapon factory ") is a bullpup-styled assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS located in Saint-Étienne, which is now a member of the French government-owned Nexter group.

* T91 assault rifle Assault Rifle

* as a part of a sexual assault forensic examination done by a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner

# REDIRECT Assault # Aggravated assault

* SCAR: SOF Combat Assault Rifle, modular assault / battle rifle system with dedicated versions in 5. 56 × 45mm NATO and 7. 62 × 51mm NATO.

In common law, criminal assault often accompanied battery.

See common assault.

In English law, s58 Children Act 2004, limits the availability of the lawful correction defense to common assault under s39 Criminal Justice Act 1988.

" The common law crime of indecent assault was repealed by the Criminal Law ( Sexual Offences and Related Matters ) Amendment Act, 2007, and replaced by a statutory crime of sexual assault.

English law provides for two offences of assault: common assault and battery.

Confusingly, the terms " assault " and " common assault " often encompass the separate offence of battery, even in statutory settings such as s 40 ( 3 )( a ) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

A common assault is an assault that lacks any of the aggravating features which Parliament has deemed serious enough to deserve a higher penalty.

Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 provides that common assault, like battery, is triable only in the magistrates ' court in England and Wales ( unless it is linked to a more serious offence, which is triable in the Crown Court ).

Additionally, if a Defendant has been charged on an indictment with assault occasioning actual bodily harm ( ABH ), or racially / religiously aggravated assault, then a jury in the Crown Court may acquit the Defendant of the more serious offence, but still convict of common assault if it finds common assault has been committed.

; Racially or religiously aggravated common assault: This offence is created by section 29 ( 1 )( c ) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

It is not defined in terms of the offences of common assault or battery.

American common law has defined assault as an attempt to commit a battery.

In common law states an assault is not committed by merely, for example, swearing at another ; without threat of battery, there can be no assault.