Search results
- Dictionaryactual bodily harm
noun
- 1. minor injury, such as bruising, inflicted on a person by the deliberate action of another, considered less serious than grievous bodily harm.
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
noun
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
Infliction of injury as an element of a crime
Bodily harm is a legal term of art used in the definition of both statutory and common law offences in Australia, Canada, England and Wales and other common law jurisdictions. It is a synonym for injury or bodily injury and similar expressions, though it may be used with a precise and limited meaning in any given jurisdiction. The expression grievous bodily harm first appeared in a statute in Lord... Wikipedia