true threat

true threat
true threat n: a threat that a reasonable person would interpret as a real and serious communication of an intent to inflict harm
◇ True threats are not protected as free speech by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and render the person making the threat liable to criminal prosecution.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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