§ 132.020. ASSAULT.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person to commit an assault or an assault and battery on any person.
    (A) Assault is any intentional, unlawful offer of corporal injury to another by force under circumstances which reasonably creates fear of imminent danger coupled with apparent ability to carry out the attempt if it is not prevented.
    (B) Battery or assault and battery, is willfully touching the person of one by another or by some attack put in motion by the other without the consent of the person being touched.
    (Ord. 27, passed 12-14-1981) Penalty, see § 132.999