Assault and battery is the combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.
Assault and Battery may also refer to:
- Assault & Battery (Rose Tattoo album), a 1981 album by Rose Tattoo
- "Assault and Battery", a song from the album
- Assault & Battery (Nuclear Assault album), a 1997 compilation album by Nuclear Assault
- "Assault and Battery", a song by Hawkwind from their 1975 album Warrior on the Edge of Time
- "Assault and Battery", a song by Howard Jones from the 1987 album Animal Liberation
- "Assault and Battery", a song by Swollen Members from their 1999 album Balance
Famous quotes containing the word assault:
“We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs are already taking their toll, what enervated, perverse antiquities do they not lay bare in the foundations.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)