mutual combat

noun

An incident of multiple assaults and batteries on all sides between involved parties which does not rise to the level of felonious assault or battery, or serious bodily harm, where parties involved are determined to have voluntarily entered into the affray and hence no criminal charges result, in relation to the assaults and batteries.

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Meanings

nounmutual combat (countable and uncountable, plural mutual combats)

plural mutual combats

  1. countableuncountablelawAn incident of multiple assaults and batteries on all sides between involved parties which does not rise to the level of felonious assault or battery, or serious bodily harm, where parties involved are determined to have voluntarily entered into the affray and hence no criminal charges result, in relation to the assaults and batteries.
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APA

mutual combat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutual%20combat

MLA

“mutual combat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutual%20combat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mutual combat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mutual%20combat.

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