It is usually the application or threat of unlawful force, though exceptionally an omission or failure to act can result in liability.
Law abiding citizens should never have to fear the police, but must look to them for advise, guidance and protection from the unlawful forces.
The defendant commits a battery if they intentionally or recklessly apply unlawful force to another, without their consent.
It is the intention to apply unlawful force to another, or be reckless as to whether such force is applied.
To this I answer: That force is to be opposed to nothing but to unjust and unlawful force.
The Wilson court was careful to note that a person may not resist an unlawful arrest where the officer does not use unlawful force.
The essence of a battery is the application of any unlawful force to another.
Kitovani was tried for having organized an unlawful armed force and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in October 1996.
In addition, the person must be facing imminent and unlawful force.
A battery is the infliction of unlawful force on another person.