Define the Following Terms

question 34

Short Answer

Define the following terms
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Definitions:

Defense Of Property

The use of reasonable force to protect one's property from harm threatened by another. The use of deadly force in defending one's property is seldom justified.

Battery

A criminal offense involving the unlawful physical acting upon a threat, distinguished from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact.

Poison

A substance that is capable of causing illness or death when introduced into the body or onto the skin.

Assault And Battery

Two distinct but often related criminal charges, with assault referring to the threat of physical harm and battery to the actual physical impact on another person.