Any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional) between adults who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality.
Legal provisions on protection orders
Domestic Violence Protection Notice and Domestic Violence Prevention Order
Legal Source
The Domestic Violence (Crime and Victims) Act 2004 (strengthens protection orders by making breach of an order a criminal offence and, by virtue of Section 12 of the Act, extended the powers of courts to impose orders on perpetrators under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, regardless of any conviction for an offence)