An unpermitted and unprivileged contact with another. Assault is an intentional, unlawful threat of bodily injury to another by force, or force unlawfully directed towards the person of another, under such circumstances as create well-founded fear of imminent peril, coupled with apparent present ability to execute the attempt; battery consists of the actual execution of the act offered in an assault – hence, the placing of the victim in fear (assault) and the actual infliction of the injury (battery) constitute what is commonly referred to as assault and battery.