Actual Bodily Harm

Actual bodily harm in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of actual bodily harm.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• actual bodily harm in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• actual bodily harm in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Actual Bodily Harm

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Actual Bodily Harm : Any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim. Assault (*assault) causing actual bodily harm is a summary or indictable offence carrying a maximum punishment of five years’ imprisonment. The hurt need not be serious or permanent in nature, but it must be more than trifling. It is enough to show that pain or discomfort has been suffered, even though no bruising is evident. Hysteria brought on as a result of assault is sufficient for the offence to be proved.