Clergyman's sore throat, an affection commonly arising from too prolonged or powerful exercise of the voice by persons in whom the mucous membrane of the throat is in a relaxed condition; Cut one's own, or another's, throat, to pursue some course ruinous to one's own or to another's interests; Give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one to his face of a lie.
If the defendant commits an aggravated domestic assault with a deadly weapon and causes serious bodily injury to the victim, the crime is a first degree felony. Any other aggravated domestic assault is a second degree felony.
Domestic violence and domestic assault are criminal charges that include threats and physical abuse between spouses, parent and adult child, siblings or anyone else with a close family relationship. Most states use the term child abuse to describe violence inflicted on a child by an adult. The terms domestic violence and domestic assault can also mean different thing depending on your stateâs laws. Difference Between Domestic Violence and Domestic Assault Domestic violence is a blanket term that describes threats or violent acts such as punching, shoving or kicking between two people who are related or who are involved in an intimate relationship with one another.