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Battery

Topics · Updated 2026-05-07

This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topic: Assault and battery.

Battery is the unlawful striking of another person, treated under Mosaic law as a personal injury whose penalty is calibrated to the harm done — compensation for lost time and healing in lesser cases, life-for-life or stripe-for-stripe where the injury is graver. The same category covers the physical blows inflicted on Jesus during his trial and execution.

Click here to read the full topic on this subject: Assault and battery