Section 262 - Force defined.

A person is said to use force to another if he causes motion, change of motion or cessation of motion to that other or if he causes a substance to come into contact with a part of that other's body or with anything which that other is wearing or carrying or with anything so situated that the contact affects that other's sense of feeling where the person causing any effect above-mentioned, causes it-

(a) by his own bodily power, or

(b) by disposing any substance in such a manner that the effect takes place without any further voluntary act on his part or on the part of any other person; or

(c) by means of any animal.

Illustration

(a) A unfastens the moorings of a boat in which Z is sitting so that the boat drifts down the river. A has caused motion to Z.

(b) A lashes the horse on which Z is riding so that the horse quickens his pace. A has caused change of motion to Z.

(c) A seizes the rein of Z' s horse and stops the horse. A has caused cessation of motion to z.

(d) A pushes against Z in the street. A has caused his own body to come into contact with Z.

(e) A throws a stone at Z and hits him.

(f) A rides past Z on a muddy road and splashes him.

(g) A pulls up the veil of Z, a woman.

(h) A pours boiling water into the bath in which Z is bathing. A has caused the boiling water to come into contact with the water in the bath, so as to affect Z's sense of feeling.

In all the above cases, A has used force to Z.