An assault is:
(a)  An unlawful attempt, coupled with apparent ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another; or

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Terms Used In Idaho Code 18-901

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
(b)  An intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.