It can depend entirely on which jurisdiction or state you live in. Some states have laws against "Curse and Abuse," or "Fighting Words," while others do not and consider such non-physical verbal attacks as a manifestation of "free speech."
Yes if you are a different race then the person insulating you if a white person insulted a black person its called a hate crime if they are a different race then you and you insult them its called a hate crime.
There are various potential solutions to verbal abuse. For example, you could try to contact the local law enforcement department.
From my brief research it appears that both verbal abuse AND mental abuse are both chargeable offenses under WA law.
In the Philippines, verbal abuse may be considered a form of psychological violence under the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act. This law penalizes acts that cause mental or emotional suffering to women and children. Perpetrators of verbal abuse can face imprisonment and fines if found guilty.
Verbal abuse is when adverse comments are used against the sufferer or about the sufferer; it can cause nervous and intellectual upset. In Florida the verbal abuse law states, a premeditated attack of words on any other person paired with the probability to act upon it that it strikes anxiety in another human being that assault is imminent.
Verbal Abuse - band - ended in 1995.
Verbal Abuse - band - was created in 1981.
Love does not create verbal abuse. Dominance does.
It is Verbal and Physical abuse. Verbal Abuse is considered with the swearing while the physical is the slapping.
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Responding to a verbal provocation is not a defense if you are charged criminally with assault or battery.
Verbal hostility, or in other words, verbal harassment or abuse is basically a negative defining statement told to or about you or withholding a response and pretending the abuse is not happening. Verbal abuse (or hostility) can lead to emotional abuse and hostility in the workplace. This can lead to hatred and noneffective dispositions in the workplace, and this is precisely the reason why workplaces work to eliminate such disturbances. However, verbal abuse is seen in many other places, not just in the workplace. In school, it takes the title of bullying and even at home parents can emotionally abuse their children or spouses.
That could be called verbal abuse.