Actually, assault is also the threatening of harm and not the actual physical attack. If he actually hits you, then it's caleld battery.
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Assault is an act that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful, or offensive contact. The act consists of a threat of harm accompanied by an apparent, present ability to carry out the threat. Battery is a harmful or offensive touching of another.
The main distinction between the two offenses is the existence or nonexistence of a touching or contact. While contact is an essential element of battery, there must be an absence of contact for assault. Sometimes assault is defined loosely to include battery.
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So, if he's threatening you in an e-mail, that's assault. Because you've already said he's obviously bigger than you and could carry it out.
You can read more here:
Assault and Battery legal definition of Assault and Battery. Assault and Battery synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.
I was horribly bullied as a teen. I wish I had known about all this back then.
