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Accord

Accord. An amicable arrangement between parties especially between people or nation; compact or treaty, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Accord and … Satisfaction [fr. accorder, Fr., to agree], an agreement between two persons, one of whom has a right of action against the other, that the latter should do or give and the former accept something in satisfaction of

Battery

a good defence to prove that the alleged battery happened by misadventure, or that it was merely an amicable contest, or that it was the correcting of a child by its parent, or the punishment of a … ss. 42, 43. See ASSAULT. Battery, includes even the slightest force, no actual harm need result, it is actionable per se, Kenlin v. Gardiner, (1967) 2 QB 510; Fagan v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner, (1969) 1 QB 439;

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