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 §§ 5–6.] [Blacks Law 8th]