criminal assault
criminal assault 企图伤害罪 普通法和制定法上的轻罪。只要行为人具有以一种恶意的方式攻击、殴打他人或对他人施以暴力的非法企图，并且有能力实施的，就构成本罪。如果该企图得以实现，则构成殴击罪〔assault and battery〕，并在最高刑以下予以惩罚；如果具有加重情节，则按重罪处罚。
criminal assault
criminal assault
An assault considered as a crime and not as a tort. • This term isolates the legal elements that give rise to criminal liability even though the act might also have been tortious. [Cases: Assault and Battery 48. C.J.S. Assault and Battery §§ 2–3, 62, 64–66, 81.]