### Question
Can you define what domestic violence means?


### Answer
**Domestic violence** is defined as the following in *25 U.S.C. § 1304*:

> violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic- or family- violence laws of an Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the violence occurs

#### Citation:
  - *25 U.S.C. § 1304*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 15-CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERALLY**

