La. Stat. tit. 14 § 33 : REVISED STATUTES — CRIMINAL LAW — CRIMINAL CODE — OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON — ASSAULT AND BATTERY (WITH RELATED OFFENSES) — Battery defined

Battery is the intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another; or the intentional administration of a poison or other noxious liquid or substance to another.

La. R.S. § 14:33

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1.