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2011 California Code
Penal Code
PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680]
CHAPTER 9. Assault and Battery
Section 240
CA Penal Code § 240 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
An assault is an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another.
(Enacted 1872.)
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