aggravated assault — see assault Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. aggravated assault … Law dictionary
aggravated assault — A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he: attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another, or causes such injury purposely, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; or,… … Black's law dictionary
aggravated assault — A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he: attempts to cause serious bodily injury to another, or causes such injury purposely, knowingly or recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life; or,… … Black's law dictionary
aggravated assault — noun a reckless attack with intent to injure seriously (as with a deadly weapon) • Hypernyms: ↑assault * * * noun : an assault regarded as more heinous than a common assault: as a. : an assault combining an intent to commit a crime other than… … Useful english dictionary
aggravated assault — noun Date: 1845 an assault that is more serious than a common assault: as a. an assault combined with an intent to commit a crime b. any of various assaults so defined by statute … New Collegiate Dictionary
aggravated assault — noun Assault with disregard for the value of life, or with a deadly weapon … Wiktionary
aggravated assault — severe attack, assault with evil intent, serious attack … English contemporary dictionary
assault — as·sault 1 /ə sȯlt/ n [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1: the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm… … Law dictionary
Aggravated sexual assault — is when one commits an aggravated assault of a sexual nature and who wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the complainant. [ [http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/C 46///en?page%3D0%26isPrinting%3Dfalse noCookie#codese:268… … Wikipedia
aggravated — adj. 1. 1 made more severe or intense, especially in law; as, aggravated assault. Syn: intensified. [WordNet 1.5] 2. 1 incited, especially deliberately, to anger. aggravated by passive resistance Syn: provoked. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English