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Started Dec 22 2012, 14:22
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Dec 22 2012, 14:22
4.119 Along with this general purpose of restitution, individual torts may serve different purposes. Family violence most commonly gives rise to a claim in assault or battery. A battery is committed when a person directly and intentionally causes contact with the body of the victim without the latter’s consent.[208] An assault is committed when a person directly and intentionally threatens the victim in such a way that the victim reasonably apprehends imminent contact with his or her body by the person, or something within the person’s control.[209] Assault and battery are also criminal offences.[210] The fundamental principle underlying these torts is that every person’s body is inviolable—that is, these torts protect the physical integrity of a person.[211]
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