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Home Dictionary Name: batteredbattered woman's syndrome
battered woman's syndrome : the psychological symptoms suffered by a woman repeatedly abused by a mate (as a husband) NOTE: Battered woman's syndrome is used as a defense to violent criminal charges (as homicide). Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted in self-defense even though the threat or danger was not imminent. Battered woman's syndrome is also used as a mitigating factor in sentencing. ...
Battered Woman's syndrome
Battered Woman's syndrome, means the psycho-logical symptoms buffered by a woman repeatedly abused by a mate (as a husband), Battered Woman's syndrome is used as defense to violent criminal charges (as homicide). Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted in self-defence even though the threat or danger was not imminent; Battered Woman's syndrome is also used as a mitigating factor in sentencing, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 46....
battered child syndrome
battered child syndrome : the combination of grave physical injuries (as broken bones and bruises) that results from gross child abuse NOTE: Evidence of battered child syndrome is often used to establish that a child's death was not accidental. ...
battered
In deplorable condition as the battered old Ford station wagon...
Batterer
One who or that which batters...
batboy
A boy who holds the bats and presents the bat to a batter when the batter is going to the batters box to bat The batboy sometimes also keeps other team equipment...
abuse
abuse abused abus·ing 1 : to put to a use other than the one intended: as a : to put to a bad or unfair use [abusing the powers of office] b : to put to improper or excessive use [ narcotics] 2 a : to inflict physical or emotional mistreatment or injury on (as one's child) purposely or through negligence or neglect and often on a regular basis b : to engage in sexual activity with (a child under an age specified by statute) 3 : to attack harshly with words [ a police officer] [ a debtor] abus·er n [ə-byüs] n 1 : improper, unfair, or excessive use [ of authority] [drug ] 2 a : the infliction of physical or emotional injury ;also : the crime of inflicting such injury see also battered child syndrome, battered woman's syndrome compare cruelty, neglect b : sexual abuse 3 : a verbal attack (as on a police officer in the performance of his or her duty) ;also : the crime of making such an attack ...
Fritter
A small quantity of batter fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan Fritters are of various kinds named from the substance inclosed in the batter as apple fritters clam fritters oyster fritters...
Home run
a complete circuit of the bases made by the batter without being put out and without an error on the play also the hit on which the batter makes such a circuit a four base hit...
Slugging average
a measure of the effectiveness of a batter at reaching base and advancing other runners calculated as the sum of the number of bases reached on each hit divided by the total number of times at bat A double counts two bases a triple three a home run four Thus a batter with four singles two doubles and a triple in 20 official times at bat would have a slugging average of 0550 and a batting average of 0350 Also called slugging percentage Compare batting average...
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