See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

ASSAULT (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)  , in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, " an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt or offer with force or violence to do See also:

• CORPORAL

corporal hurt to another, as by striking at another with a stick or other weapon, or without a weapon, though the party misses his aim." Notwithstanding See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient opinions to the contrary, it is now settled that See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere words, be they ever so provoking, will not constitute an See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault . Coupled with the attempt or See also:

• THREAT

threat to inflict corporal injury, there must in all cases be the means of carrying the threat into effect . A See also:

• BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery is more than a threat or attempt to injure the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of another; the injury must have been inflicted, but it makes no difference however small it may be, as the law does not "draw the See also:

• LINE

line between degrees of violence," but " totally prohibits the first and lowest See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage of it." Every battery includes an assault . A See also:

• COMMON

common assault is a See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour, and is punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labour to the extent of one See also:

• YEAR

year, and if it occasions bodily harm, with penal 'See also:

• SERVITUDE (Lat. servitus, from service, to serve)

servitude for three years, or imprisonment to the extent of two years, with or without hard labour . There are various different kinds of assaults which are provided against by particular enactments of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, such as the Offences against the Person See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 186i, the Prevention of Crimes Act 1891, &c.; and there are also certain aggravated assaults for which the See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment is severer than for common assault, as an assault with See also:

• INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)

intent to See also:

• MURDER

murder, with intent to commit a See also:

• RAPE
• RAPE (from Lat. rapere, to seize)
• RAPE (Lat. rapum or rapa, turnip)

rape, &c . In certain cases an assault and battery is sometimes justifiable, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case where a person in authority, as a See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent or schoolmaster, inflicts moderate punishment upon a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, or in certain cases of self-See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence, or in defence of one's goods and chattels . An assault may be both a See also:

• TORT (Fr. for wrong, from Lat. tortus, twisted, participle of torquere)

tort and a See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime, giving a See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• ACTION

action for See also:

• DAMAGES (through O. Fr. damage, mod. Fr. dommage, from Lat. damnum, loss)

damages to the person injured, as well as being the subject of a criminal See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution . See also:

• UNITED

United States.—The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general principles applicable throughout the United States are the same as in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . See also:

• RIDING

Riding a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse threateningly near a person; or riding a See also:

• BICYCLE (from prefix bi = twice, and Gr. KuKXOr, a circle, wheel)

bicycle against another (See also:

• MERCER (through Fr. mercier, from popular Lat. mercerius, a dealer, merx, merces, merchandise)

Mercer v . Corbin, 117 See also:

• INDIANA

Indiana See also:

• REP, REPP, or REPS

Rep . 450); waking one from See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep to See also:

• PRESENT

present a See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk See also:

• BILL

bill (See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond v . See also:

• FISKE, JOHN (1842-1901)
• FISKE, MINNIE MADDERN (1865– )

Fiske, 16o See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass .

34), are assaults . A See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor is liable for damages for an assault (See also:

• HILDRETH, RICHARD (1807—1865)

Hildreth v . See also:

• HANCOCK
• HANCOCK, JOHN (1737–1793)
• HANCOCK, WINFIELD SCOTT (1824-1886)

Hancock, 156 See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois Rep . 618) . In See also:

• TEXAS

Texas it has were intoxicated with the See also:

• HASHISH, or HASHEESH

hashish . When in this See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state they were introduced into the splendid gardens of the sheik, and surrounded with every sensual See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure . Such a foretaste of See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

paradise, only to be granted by their supreme ruler, made them eager to obey his slightest command; their lives they counted as nothing, and would resign themat a word from him . Finally, the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth and seventh orders were the Lasigs, or novices, and the common See also:

• PEOPLE

people . See also:

• HASSAN

Hassan well knew the efficacy of established law and See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom in securing the obedience of a mass of people; accordingly, upon all but the initiated, the observances of See also:

• ISLAM

Islam were rigidly enforced . As for the initiated, they knew the worthlessness of See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion and morality; they believed in nothing, and scoffed at the practices of the faithful . The Assassins soon began to make their See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt . One of their first victims was Hassan's former friend, See also:

• NIZAM

Nizam-ul-Mulk, whose son also died under the See also:

• DAGGER

dagger of a See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret murderer .

The See also:

• DEATH

death by See also:

• POISON

poison of the See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan Malik-Shah was likewise ascribed to this dreaded society, and contributed to increase their evil fame . Sultan Sinjar, his successor, made See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war upon them, but he was soon glad to come to terms with enemies against whose operations no precaution seemed available . After a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and prosperous See also:

• RULE

rule Hassan died at an advanced See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age in 1124 . He had previously slain both his sons, one on suspicion of having been concerned in the murder of a da'i at Kuhistan,the other for drinking See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, and he was therefore compelled to name as his been held that an assault with a See also:

• KNIFE (0. E. cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; Skeat finds the origin in the root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a

knife is not necessarily an aggravated assault (See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren v . State, 3 -S.W . 240), and an See also:

• AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

axe is not necessarily a " deadly weapon" with which to assault (Gladney v . State, 12 S.W . 868), and the State must prove that it would be likely to produce death or serious bodily injury (Melton v . State, 17 S.W . 257) . Neither.a See also:

• PISTOL

pistol nor See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass knuckles are necessarily deadly weapons; the State must show their See also:

• SIZE

size or manner of use in making the assault (Ballard v . State, 13 S.W .

674; See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

Miles v . State, 5 S.W . 250) . But in 1903 a pistol was held by the Texas Supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court to be a deadly weapon if not used simply as a See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club (Lockland v . State, 73 S.W . 10$4), and the same court held in 1904 that a pistol is a deadly weapon (See also:

• PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)
• PACE, RICHARD (c. 1482-1536)

Pace v . State, 79 S.W . 531), and so the assault was an aggravated assault . In See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Carolina it has been held that an axe is ex vi termini a " deadly weapon " (State v . See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

Shields, See also:

• ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito N.C . 49) .