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urn: urn:us-la:rs:14:33
citation: "R.S. 14:33"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 14 › Chapter 1 › Part II › Subpart B"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1978, number: 394, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Battery defined

Battery is the intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another; or the intentional administration of a poison or other noxious liquid or substance to another.