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noun
Hurt or injury which interferes with the health or comfort of the victim and which is more than transient or trifling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
Qualifier: strictly
Topics: law
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noun
The criminal offence of causing actual bodily harm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, broadly, uncountable
Topics: law
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History
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