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Do any jurisdictions apply a principle of straws-on-camels-back when considering the appropriateness of escalation?
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Several steps prior to the punch would constitute assault. Criminal assault is defined at s. 265 of the Criminal Code:
265 (1) A person commits an assault when
(a) without the consent of ...
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Do any jurisdictions apply a principle of straws-on-camels-back when considering the appropriateness of escalation?
Two people yelling at each other have yet to transgress any laws in most jurisdictions, correct?
No. This already can breach laws, e.g. the two can be a noise nuisance to anyone else, they can break ...
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