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 […]