Question

Pick the most inappropriate statement from the following

• A. It is for the defendant to plead and prove justification and not for the plaintiff to show that the defendant’s conduct was unreasonable in cases of trespass to person.
• B. Damage is not an essential element and need not be proved by the plaintiff in cases of trespass to person.
• C. The intention as well as the act makes an assault and the actual contact is necessary.
• D. If the wrongful act falls short of actual physical contact, but causes a reasonable apprehension that the party threatening intends immediately to offer violence, it will be an assault.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

The intention as well as the act makes an assault and the actual contact is necessary.

Answer 2

The correct option is (C): The intention as well as the act makes an assault and the actual contact is necessary.