What constitutes Battery?

Battery is legally defined as a physical act that results in harmful or offensive contact with another person. This includes any action where there is an intentional touching of another person without their consent, resulting in harm or an offensive feeling. The key elements are the intent to cause contact and the actual contact that leads to physical harm or an offensive consequence.

In distinction to the other choices, options that involve non-physical actions such as merely intending to scare someone, making verbal threats, or sending written communication do not meet the criteria for battery because they lack the physical element necessary for battery to occur. Thus, the fundamental aspect that makes the definition of battery accurate and comprehensive is the inclusion of the physical act that results in harm or offensive contact.