Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition: 1  accent, speech pattern(noun) distinctive manner of oral expression. he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent; she had a very clear speech pattern. 2  emphasis, accent(noun) special importance or significance.
Definition of Battery. The crime of Simple Battery or Misdemeanor Battery is defined under Section 784.03, Florida Statutes. In Florida, the term battery means: Any actual and intentional touching or striking of another person against that personâs will (non-consensual), or. The intentional causing of bodily harm to another person.
At common law, an intentional unpermitted act causing harmful or offensive contact with the person of another. Battery is concerned with the right to have one's body left alone by others. Battery is both a tort and a crime. Its essential element, harmful or offensive contact, is the same in both areas of the law. The main distinction between the two categories lies in the penalty imposed.