TITLE 14. CRIMINAL LAW

CHAPTER 1. CRIMINAL CODE

PART II. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON

SUBPART B. ASSAULT AND BATTERY (WITH RELATED OFFENSES)

14:33       Battery defined

Battery is the intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another; or the intentional administration of a poison or other noxious liquid or substance to another.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1.