DOMESTIC DISPUTE

domestic  dispute.A  disturbance,  usu.  at  a  residence  and  usu.  within  a  family,  involving violence  and  often  resulting  in  a  call  to  a  law-enforcement  agency.  —  Also  termed  domestic disturbance; family disturbance. See domestic violence under VIOLENCE. [Cases: Breach of The Peace    17. C.J.S. Breach of the Peace §§ 14–15, 25; Domestic Abuse and Violence §§…

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DOMESTIC AUTHORITY

domestic authority. 1. The legal power to use nondeadly force when reasonably necessary to protect  a  person  for  whom  one  is  responsible.  2.  A  defense  allowing  a  person  responsible  for another  (such  as  a  parent  responsible  for  a  child)  to  use  nondeadly  force  when  reasonably necessary  to  protect  the  person  being  cared  for.  [Cases:  Assault …

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