Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault which is the apprehension, not fear, of such contact. In the United States, criminal battery, or simply battery, is the use of force against another, resulting in harmful, offensive or sexual contact. It is a specific common law misdemeanor, although the term is used more generally to refer to any unlawful offensive physical contact with another person, and may be a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the circumstances. Battery was defined at common law as "any unlawful touching of the person of another by the aggressor himself, or by a substance put in motion by him." If you are wrongly accused contact us right away!

 

 In most cases, battery is now governed by statutes, and its severity is determined by the law of the specific jurisdiction.