Day 2 Serious Assaults definitions

Question 1

Render definition:

Answer 1

To ‘render’ means to cause to be. The offenders action may cause the victim to lose consciousness.

Question 2

Violent means definition:

Answer 2

Violent means is not limited to physical violence and may include threats of violence, depending on the circumstances

Question 3

Intent definition for liabilities:

Answer 3

There must be an intention:

• to commit the act and
• to get a specific result

‘Intent’ means an act or omission done deliberately. Must be more than accidental or involuntary.

Question 4

Maims:

Answer 4

Deprive the victim of the use of a limb or one of the senses. Must have some degree of permanence

Question 5

Disfigures:

Answer 5

Deform or deface. Mar or alter the figure or appearance.

Question 6

Doctrine of transferred malice:

Answer 6

Not necessary that the person suffering the harm was the intended victim. Offender is still criminally responsible

Question 7

Stupefies:

Answer 7

To induce a state of stupor, make groggy or insensible. To dull the senses.

Question 8

By any violent means renders anyone incapable of resistance:

Answer 8

Includes application of force that physically incapacitates a person. May include threats.

Question 9

Injures:

Answer 9

To cause actual bodily harm

Question 10

Reckless:

Answer 10

Acting recklessly involves the conscious and deliberate taking of an unjustified risk