Infligo

Spell Name: Smack Hex

Incantation: Infligo

Pronunciation: ihn-FLEE-goh

Spell Branch: Charms

Magical Discipline(s): Defensive; Hexes

Appearance: Invisible

Description: A lighter casting will cause the victim to be knocked back a pace; a more forceful casting will knock him off his feet. Instantaneous.

Regulations: Legal

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Etymology: Latin “to inflict a blow, cause damage”

References:

• Lawrence Musgrave uses it against Evangeline Kuester as he tries to arrest her during Voldemort's reign[1] and later against Grace Eddy[2]
• Grace Eddy 'smacks' Maeve Whitman [3]
• Casey O'Doherty uses it[4]
• Raine Almasy uses it against Bethan Ellis in practice[5]
• Angie Lemon uses it in a defence test[6]
• Alvis Norling uses it in a Runes lesson[7]
• Ignan Storm breaks up a fight [8]
• Katherine Beckett uses it in a Defence lesson[9]
• Zoe Torret uses it in a Creatures class[10]
• Ignan Storm tests Raine Almasy's duelling defences [11]
• Ezra Inkwood uses it in the forest[12]
• Ira Almasy sends Lawrence Musgrave flying [13]
• Ira Almasy uses it against Hannah Bombay[14] more than once[15]
• Balfour Spectre uses it against Ira Almasy[16] and Sandy Misslethorpe[17]
• Micah Gallagher uses it in a stressful situation[18]
• Yavin Morgenthau uses it against Lyra Gamp in combat at St Mungo's[19]
• Ignan Storm uses it against who he thinks is Feliks Spectre but is actually Jebediah Layton in disguise[20]
• Virgil Carstairs uses it on innocent paper[21]
• Edward Pratt uses it against younger aurors in training[22]

Notes: See also Infligo Protorex