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.
Battery is the intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another; or the intentional administration of a poison or other noxious liquid or substance to another. Canada. Battery is not defined in the Canadian Criminal Code. Instead, the Code has an offense of assault, and assault causing bodily harm. England and Wales