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French
Pronunciation
Noun
voie de fait f (plural voies de fait)
- (law) violence
- Antonym: voie de droit
- en venir aux voies de fait ― to resort to violence
- (Canada, Quebec) assault, battery[1]
- voies de fait simples ― physical assault
- voies de fait graves ― aggravated assault
- ^ The French term assaut is now only used in the military context, and has become more or less archaic