menace (threat) of an injury

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• menace — men·ace 1 / me nəs/ n 1: a show of an intention to inflict esp. physical harm accomplished against a person s will by means of force,...menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury California Penal Code 2: one who represents a threat… …   Law dictionary

• Threat — (thr[e^]t), n. [AS. [thorn]re[ a]t, akin to [=a][thorn]re[ o]tan to vex, G. verdriessen, OHG. irdriozan, Icel. [thorn]rj[=o]ta to fail, want, lack, Goth. us[thorn]riutan to vex, to trouble, Russ. trudite to impose a task, irritate, vex, L.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• threat — A communicated intent to inflict physical or other harm on any person or on property. A declaration of an intention to injure another or his property by some unlawful act. State v. Schweppe, Minn., 237 N.W.2d 609, 615. A declaration of intention… …   Black's law dictionary

• menace — menacer, n. menacingly, adv. /men is/, n., v., menaced, menacing. n. 1. something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health. 2. a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered… …   Universalium

• threat — /thret/, n. 1. a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment. 2. an indication or… …   Universalium

• menace — /ˈmɛnəs / (say menuhs) noun 1. something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat. 2. Colloquial a nuisance. –verb (t) (menaced, menacing) 3. to utter or direct a threat against; threaten. 4. to serve as a probable cause of evil …  

• threat — n. 1 a a declaration of an intention to punish or hurt. b Law a menace of bodily hurt or injury, such as may restrain a person s freedom of action. 2 an indication of something undesirable coming (the threat of war). 3 a person or thing as a… …   Useful english dictionary

• threat — noun 1》 a statement of an intention to inflict injury, damage, or other hostile action as retribution.     ↘Law a menace of bodily harm, such as may restrain a person s freedom of action. 2》 a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.… …   English new terms dictionary

• menace — To threaten; make threats. An unlawful threat of duress or injury to the person, property or character of another. Odorizzi v. Bloomfield School Dist., 246 C.A.2d 123, 54 Cal.Rptr. 533, 538. Menace may constitute a ground for divorce, or duress… …   Black's law dictionary

• menace — To threaten; make threats. An unlawful threat of duress or injury to the person, property or character of another. Odorizzi v. Bloomfield School Dist., 246 C.A.2d 123, 54 Cal.Rptr. 533, 538. Menace may constitute a ground for divorce, or duress… …   Black's law dictionary

• menace — A threat of harm, of confinement, of personal injury. Morrill v Nightingale, 93 Cal 452, 28 P 1068 …   Ballentine's law dictionary