Any act which causes physical harm as a result of unlawful physical force. Physical violence can take the form of, among others, serious and minor assault, deprivation of liberty and manslaughter
… In Bulgaria, intimate partner violence is included under "domestic violence": any act of physical, mental, sexual, emotional or economic violence and …
… In Cyprus, intimate partner violence is recognised only within the context of "violence in the family", which means any act, omission or behaviour which causes physical, sexual or mental injury to any member of the family …
… In Greece, "domestic violence" is the commission of one of the following offences … and Articles 299 and 311 of the Criminal Code): Domestic physical injury Domestic illegal violence and threat Rape and abuse in lewdness (lechery) …
… In Lithuania, the term "domestic violence" is used. Domestic environment shall mean the … and a common household. Violence shall mean an intentional physical, mental, sexual, economic or another influence … an act or omission as a result whereof the person suffers physical, property or non-pecuniary damage …
… In Malta, "domestic violence" means: any act of violence, even if only verbal, perpetrated by a household … household member and includes any omission which causes physical or moral harm to the other. …
… with the exception of self-defence, that is either physical or verbal, perpetrated by a family member against … another member of the same family that causes a harm, a physical, psychological or sexual or emotional suffering or a …
… a close person or a person in his custody or care, causing physical or psychological suffering to such person mainly by … or any other behaviour jeopardizing the person’s physical or psychological health or limiting the person’s … person to beg or to perform activities requiring excessive physical or psychological exhaustion regarding the age or …
… December on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence) Purpose of the Act 1. The purpose of this Act is to combat the violence exercised against women by their present or former … violence to which this Act refers encompasses all acts of physical and psychological violence, including offences …