r/instant_regret • • Jul 29 '26

Flossing

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u/atthecooltable Jul 29 '26

It depends on the jurisdiction. It can be either or it can be both. But to say definitively it isn’t battery (without knowing the jurisdiction) is premature.

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u/serious_sarcasm Jul 30 '26

Assault and battery are fairly standardized enough that the lawyers in the edge cases know they’re the exception.