assault charges
Violence-related legal accusations
Assault charges are formal criminal accusations that someone unlawfully threatened or inflicted physical harm on another person.
The specific charges vary by jurisdiction and severity—simple assault for minor incidents, aggravated assault when weapons or serious injury are involved: He's facing assault charges after the bar fight.
The phrase often appears in news coverage of arrests and arraignments.
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- restorative justiceConflict resolution through mutual healing
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- self-defenseProtecting oneself from harm
plea bargain · wound · misdemeanor · assailant · protective orders · prosecutor · criminal liability · battery · sentencing · jail time · mitigating circumstances · not guilty · violent crime · injury · reasonable doubt · defense strategy · burden of proof · evidence collection
- criminal chargesarson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping, robbery
- criminal recordscriminal records, arrest records, criminal history, criminal histories, rap sheet
- medical lawmalpractice, medical liability, informed consent, medical licensing, medical negligence
assault chargescivil lawsuit
Non-criminal legal proceeding
civil complaint · property dispute · civil litigation · contract dispute · defamation suit
assault chargesacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · not guilty verdict · vindication · full pardon · charges dropped