 The least touching of another's person wilfully, or in anger, is a battery; for the law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore totally prohibits the first and lowest stage of it : every man's person being sacred, and...  The Law of Torts Or Private Wrongs - Page 192by Francis Hilliard - 1859 - 719 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Impey - Civil procedure - 1785 - 576 pages
...beating of another. Theleaft Battery, touching of another perton wilfully, or in anger, is a battery; ipr the law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore totally prohibits the firft and loweit flage of it ; every man's perfon being facred, and no other having a right to meddle... | |
 | John Impey - Civil procedure - 1785 - 538 pages
...of another. The leaft touching of another perfon wilfully, or in anger, is a battery ; for the la* cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore totally prohibits the firft and loweft ftage of it ; every manis perfon being facred, and no other having a right to meddle... | |
 | John Impey - Civil procedure - 1790 - 812 pages
...unlawful beating of another. The leaft touching of another perfon wilfully, or in anger, is a battery; for the law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore totally prohibits the firlt and loweft ftage of it; every man's perfon being facred, and no other having a right to meddle... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 506 pages
...beating of another. The leaft touching of another's pcrfon wilfully, or in anger, is a battery ; for the law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore totally prohibits the firft and loweft ftage of it : every man's perfon being facred, and no other having a right to meddle... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 588 pages
...beating of another. The leaft touching of another's perfon wilfully, or in anger, is a battery ; for the law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore totally prohibits the firft and lowed ftage of it : every man's perfon being facred, and no other having a right to meddle... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 588 pages
...therefore totally prohibits the firft and loweft fbge of it : every man's perfon being facred, arid no other having a right to meddle with it, in any the flighted manner. And therefore upon a fimilar principle the Cornelian law de injurtis prohibited pulfation... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...beating of another. The lead touching of another's perfon wilfully, or in anget, is a battery , for the law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore totally prohibits the firft and lowed (läge of it ; every man's perfon being facred, and no other having a right tn meddle... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 568 pages
...beating of another. The leaft touching of another's perfon wilfully, or in anger, is a battery ; for the law cannot draw the line between different degrees of violence, and therefore totally prohibits^the firft and loweft flage of it : every man's perfon being facred, and no other having a... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1809 - 220 pages
...person, wilfully, or in anger, is a battery ; for the law cannot draw the line be- 3 ' cm' 1"' tween different degrees of violence, and therefore totally...prohibits the first and lowest stage of it : Every man1s person being sacred, and no other having a right to meddle with it, in any the slightest manner.... | |
 | Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...unlawful beating another. The least touching of another's person wilfully or in anger, is a battery ; every man's person being sacred, and no other having a right to meddle with it in the slightest manner. A battery is in some cases justifiable, as where one who has authority, as a... | |
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