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2012 California Codes
PEN - Penal Code
PART 1 - OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680]
TITLE 8 - OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
CHAPTER 9 - Assault and Battery
Section 242
CA Penal Code § 242 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
A battery is any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another.
(Enacted 1872.)
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