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Batteby

Any unlawful beating, or other wrongful physical violence or con-stralnt, inflicted on a human being without his consent 2 Bish. Crim. Law, $ 71; Good-rum v. State, 60 Ga. 511; Razor v. Kinsey, 55 IU. App. 614; Lamb v. State, 67 Md. 524, 10 Atl. 200, 298; Hunt v. People, 53 111. App. 112; Perkins v. Stein, 94 Ky. 433, 22 S. W. 649, 20 L. R. A. 861. And see Beat

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)