Bascially, it means wife/husband or girlfriend/boyfriend, or girlfriend/girlfriend or boyfriend/boyfriend. Someone with whom you are, or have been, intimate (i.e.: shared sex) with.
domestic violence, Dating violence
Domestic violence Dating violence
No.
I think you mean a DV restraining order: It is a domestic violence restraining order. It is a court order that can help protect people from abuse.
Angelo P. Giardino has written: 'Intimate partner violence' -- subject(s): Services for, Victims of family violence, Intimate partner violence, Prevention 'Child Maltreatment'
When somebody says protection from violence, it means being protected and given a safe environment away from hostility and violence. Every person deserves protection from violence.
Around 2,000,000 a year is given out because of domestic violence.
32 million
32 million
of course
I Believe You Faiths' Response to Intimate Partner Violence - 2011 TV was released on: USA: 9 January 2011
A temporary restraining order or temporary injunction for personal protection can be issued ex parte in response to an emergency application, which application to the court can be made pro se.