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Assault
assaults) of the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861. By s. 47 an assault occasioning actual bodily harm is punishable on indictment by penal servitude for not less than three, or imprisonment for not more than
Aggravated assaults
use of a deadly weapon, the intent to commit another crime, or the intent to cause serious bodily harm, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 109.
Crime of violence
when there is no use of force, but the victim is put in reasonable fear of immediate physical harm, Regina (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) 2 WLR 1452. Includes personal injury caused by arson and
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Actus curiae neminem gravabit.
applied in Ecroyd v. Coulthard, (1897) 2 Ch 554: (1898) 2 Ch 358. No act of Court should harm a litigant and it is the bounden duty of Courts to see that if a person is harmed
Corrosive fluid
Corrosive fluid. Throwing corrosive fluid with in-tent to do serious bodily harm is an offence under the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100),
Mercy
Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation when one has the power to inflict it compassionate treatment of an offender or
Abundans cautela non nocet
Abundans cautela non nocet [Lat.], Great caution does no harm.
Shend
To injure mar spoil or harm
Safeness
The quality or state of being safe freedom from hazard danger harm or loss safety security as the safeness of an experiment of a journey or of a possession
Preserve
To keep or save from injury or destruction to guard or defend from evil harm danger etc to protect
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