[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR90.61]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 90--VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D--Arrest Policies in Domestic Violence Cases
 
Sec. 90.61  Definitions.

    For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions apply.
    (a) Domestic violence includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of 
violence committed by a current or former spouse of the victim, a person 
with whom the victim shares a child in common, a person who is 
cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, a person 
similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or 
family violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by 
any other adult person against a victim who is protected from that 
person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the eligible 
State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government that 
receives a grant under this subchapter.
    (b) Protection order includes any injunction issued for the purpose 
of preventing violent or threatening acts of domestic violence, 
including temporary and final orders issued by civil or criminal courts 
(other than support or child custody orders or provisions) whether 
obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendente lite order in 
another proceeding.
    (c) Unit of local government means any city, county, township, town, 
borough, parish, village, or other general-purpose political subdivision 
of a State; an Indian tribe which performs law enforcement functions as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior; or, for the purpose of 
assistance eligibility, any agency of the District of Columbia 
government or the United States Government performing law enforcement

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functions in and for the District of Columbia, and the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands.