Legal termDenmark

assault

Overfald er en almindelig sproglig betegnelse for et fysisk angreb på en anden persons legeme. Begrebet er ikke en selvstændig legaldefinition i dansk strafferet, men dækkes typisk af voldsbestemmelserne i straffeloven.

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