Quote Originally Posted by mhailey View Post
not necessarilly. An assault is when you incite in a person a "reasonable expectation of bodily harm." just making a threatening statement to them is not an assault. I threatened the nutjobs of the dog rescue with extensive civil litigation, such that they would run the risk of bankruptcy, and that was not an assault, but it was a threat. Also, the threat has to be a "reasonable" expectation of bodily harm. If my threat is not reasonable, then it is not an assault.

Insulting someone is not assaulting someone.

Matt
Assault is classified in several degrees and it is very clear, at least in my state that a serious threat of bodily harm is a simple assault. There is simple assault, aggravated assault, atrocious assault and degrees in each. Then you move on to battery. No actual action need take place for assault to have occurred just a serious threat.