FIGHTING WORDS: A LEGAL INVITATION TO FIGHT?
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“Fighting Words” is not necessarily a phrase you would expect to find in a body of law, namely because you wouldn’t even find the phrase in a dictionary. The phrase in and of itself is entirely subjective. Generally, people think of fighting words as offensive or provocative words designed to...





Many people might assume battery is just a physical
altercation where somebody gets beat up. Common examples that come to mind may
include a bar fight, domestic violence, or a fight at a sporting event.
In the eyes of the law, however, the definition of battery is
much broader and has multiple ...