Sentences with phrase «defined as any assault»

Domestic assault is clearly defined as an assault that occurs between two persons who are in a relationship at present time or have been formerly dating, considered to be in a common law partnership or officially married.

Not exact matches

Defining levels of bad behavior is important, because we shouldn't lump sexual assault in the same bucket as a sexist remark, she writes:

The bills are steps toward encouraging students who are victims of sexual assault to step forward by further defining the act of sexual assault and the definition of the term consent as «Yes Means Yes,» according to a press release from Cuomo's office.

Colorado: Boulder City Council passes semi-auto ban The ordinance prohibits the sale and possession of assault weapons, as defined by the city.

The researchers undertook a nationally representative prospective cohort study of 1,112 school - based adolescents aged 13 - 16 years, and assessed them at baseline, three - months and 12 - months for childhood trauma (defined as physical assault and bullying) and psychotic experiences.

Furthermore, victims who are not being physically assaulted often do not define their relationship as abusive, she says, but any person who is made to fear one's partner is in fact being mistreated.

Sexual victimization is defined as incidents where, «people sometimes grab, touch, or assault others for sexual reasons in a really offensive way.»

Dating Abuse is defined as a pattern of coercive behavior in which one person attempts to control another through threats or actual use of physical violence, sexual assault, and verbal or psychological abuse.

As «I, Tonya» moves closer to the defining incident — the assault on Kerrigan, orchestrated by the moronic Gillooly and self - proclaimed bodyguard and security expert Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser), in which hired goons bashed Harding's rival on the knee — this becomes less clear.

As expected, Governor McAuliffe again vetoed the so - called «Tebow» bill to allow homeschoolers to participate in VHSL activities, as well as the «sexually explicit» bill, which would require that notification be made to parents if a reading assignment contains sexually explicit portions recounting acts defined in Code as felony / criminal assaulAs expected, Governor McAuliffe again vetoed the so - called «Tebow» bill to allow homeschoolers to participate in VHSL activities, as well as the «sexually explicit» bill, which would require that notification be made to parents if a reading assignment contains sexually explicit portions recounting acts defined in Code as felony / criminal assaulas well as the «sexually explicit» bill, which would require that notification be made to parents if a reading assignment contains sexually explicit portions recounting acts defined in Code as felony / criminal assaulas the «sexually explicit» bill, which would require that notification be made to parents if a reading assignment contains sexually explicit portions recounting acts defined in Code as felony / criminal assaulas felony / criminal assault.

One of the defining parts of Sun and Moon was the character Lillie, who the player travels with and sees develop and grow from being a timid, powerless girl into a confident character willing to take on her fears and even stand up to her abusive mother (it's never described as such, but yeah, there's straight up abuse via child neglect and verbal assault in these games).

You can be charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in Chicago, as defined in 720 ILCS 5/11 -1.40, if you:

An assault can be defined as the threat to use unlawful force to inflict bodily injury upon another.

The crime of aggravated predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, as defined in 720 ILCS 5/11 -1.40, occurs when you:

A serious violent offence is defined as murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, or aggravated sexual assault.

Parliament has defined sexual assault as sexual touching without consent.

In Texas, sex offenses are defined in Texas Penal Code § 21.01, et seq., and rape and kindred offenses are defined as sexual assault § 22.011 and aggravated sexual assault § 22.021.

«Sexual assault» is created by specific statutes, whereas assault and battery are defined by common law (though are also codified as crimes under statutory law).

(2) Deadly physical force may be used only if a person reasonably believes a lesser degree of force is inadequate and: (a) The actor has reasonable ground to believe, and does believe, that he or another person is in imminent danger of being killed or of receiving great bodily injury; or (b) The other person is using or reasonably appears about to use physical force against an occupant of a dwelling or business establishment while committing or attempting to commit burglary as defined in sections 18-4-202 to 18-4-204; or (c) The other person is committing or reasonably appears about to commit kidnapping as defined in section 18-3-301 or 18-3-302, robbery as defined in section 18-4-301 or 18-4-302, sexual assault as set forth in section 18-3-402, or in section 18-3-403 as it existed prior to July 1, 2000, or assault as defined in sections 18-3-202 and 18-3-203.

The Restatements of Torts have suitable definitions of battery and assault, so that there isn't vast leeway to define a scowl as an assault.

Sexual assault The Sexual Offences Act 2003 defines sexual assault as: (1) A person (A) commits an offence if --(a) he intentionally touches another person (B), (b) the...

Domestic assault is defined as a narrower version of simple assault.

Domestic assault is an assault, as defined under section 265 of the Criminal Code that occurs in the context of an intimate relationship.

Since 1992, the Criminal Code of Canada, R.S.C. 1985, c.C 46, has defined consent in sexual assault cases as follows:

Under Illinois law, criminal sexual assault is defined as engaging in a penetrative sexual act with another person without his or her consent.

If they did consent (as the law defines it), then it is not an assault as far as the law is concerned.

The police and Crown will charge someone with those more serious forms of assault if there is evidence that the person not only committed an assault (as define above) but also either used a weapon to do so, or caused injury or harm to the victim's body.

At its heart, assault is defined as the intentional touching of another person — whether directly or indirectly (for instance, using an object) without that person's consent.

At para 16 of the House of Lords» judgment in R (on the application of McCann) v Crown Court at Manchester [2002] UKHL 39, [2002] 4 All ER 593 Lord Steyn defined the social problem as including «behaviour which is criminal such as assaults and threats, particularly against old people and children, criminal damage to individual property and amenities of the community, burglary, theft, and so forth.

A tort of assault does not require actual contact, whereas some jurisdictions define criminal assault elements as those of battery; in others, it is an intended battery without the contact.

Since that time, it's been categorized as an official term by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defined as when a driver commits aggressive moving traffic violations with the intent of endangering another driver, or assaults another driver with a motor vehicle or dangerous weapon.

House Rep. Kionne McGhee of Miami invoked the Parkland shooting in requesting that HB 219 — which would ban AR - 15 rifles and other guns defined as «assault weapons» and large capacity magazines — be moved from committee to the House floor for questions, debate and a vote.

Many employers loosely define workplace violence as: Assaults, other violent acts, or threats which occur in or are related to the workplace and entail a substantial risk of physical or emotional harm to individuals, or damage to company resources or capabilities.

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA) defines «workplace violence» as «violence or the threat of violence against workers» that involves any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in, or related to, the workplace, and includes behaviors ranging in aggressiveness from verbal harassment to murder.

Straus notes that his own research «has been carried out from the perspective that defines violence exclusively as a physical assault.»

(2)(a) The parent's residential time with the child shall be limited if it is found that the parent has engaged in any of the following conduct: (i) Willful abandonment that continues for an extended period of time or substantial refusal to perform parenting functions; (ii) physical, sexual, or a pattern of emotional abuse of a child; (iii) a history of acts of domestic violence as defined in RCW 26.50.010 (1) or an assault or sexual assault which causes grievous bodily harm or the fear of such harm; or (iv) the parent has been convicted as an adult of a sex offense.

(2)(b) The parent's residential time with the child shall be limited if it is found that the parent resides with a person who has engaged in any of the following conduct: (i) Physical, sexual, or a pattern of emotional abuse of a child; (ii) a history of acts of domestic violence as defined in RCW 26.50.010 (1) or an assault or sexual assault that causes grievous bodily harm or the fear of such harm; or (iii) the person has been convicted as an adult or as a juvenile has been adjudicated of a sex offense.

(c) a history of acts of domestic violence as defined in RCW 26.50.010 (1) or an assault or sexual assault which causes grievous bodily harm or the fear of such harm.