What is Battery Law?
Battery can be both a criminal and a civil wrong, remedied by criminal punishment and/or civil damages.
Defenses to battery include: consent, such as those individuals involved in sporting events; privilege, such as a police officer while performing a lawful arrest; self-defense, where a person uses reasonable force to protect himself from bodily harm; defense of others, similar to self-defense, but used to protect another, such as a family member; voluntary combat, where the parties mutually agree to engage in a fight; defense of property, where a person is trying to protect his own property from damage or theft; discipline, where a person is legally authorized to apply physical restraint or battery for disciplinary purposes; and merchant’s privilege, where a merchant has the right to use reasonable force to detain shoplifters.
0 Comments