| 单词 | actual bodily harm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasactual bodily harm actual bodily harm n. British Law minor physical injury inflicted on a person by the deliberate action of another, considered less serious than grievous bodily harm (cf. grievous bodily harm at grievous adj. 3b); (also occasionally) emotional trauma so inflicted; abbreviated ABH. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > unlawful violence mayhem1447 forcea1481 mutilation1517 actual bodily harm1837 grievous bodily harm1861 ABH1975 1837 Times 24 Mar. 3/6 Robbery, and attempts to rob, accompanied by cutting, stabbing, wounding, or doing actual bodily harm. 1945 Weekly Notes 24 Mar. 71/1 [He] said that persons who were not acquainted with the jumble into which sentences in this country had got might be surprised to learn that an assault with intent to commit rape was not punishable by nearly as heavy a sentence as an assault occasioning actual bodily harm. 1977 Abingdon Herald 17 Mar. 17/2 At Didcot on Friday, [he]..admitted assaulting [the victim] and causing him actual bodily harm. 1991 A. Ashworth Princ. Criminal Law viii. §5 301 If the man uses force or inflicts emotional shock on his wife in order to obtain sex, he is liable to conviction for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) ix. 193 Research shows that police are more likely to overcharge black arrestees..charging them with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm rather than actual bodily harm. < as lemmas |
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