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[CITE: 42USC14040]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
                 SUBCHAPTER III--VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
 
        Part F--National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction
 
Sec. 14040. Definitions

    As used in this part--
        (1) the term ``national crime information databases'' refers to 
    the National Crime Information Center and its incorporated criminal 
    history databases, including the Interstate Identification Index; 
    and
        (2) the term ``protection order'' includes an injunction or any 
    other order issued for the purpose of preventing violent or 
    threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication 
    with or physical proximity to, another person, including temporary 
    and final orders issued by civil or criminal courts (other than 
    support or child custody orders) whether obtained by filing an 
    independent action or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding 
    so long as any civil order was issued in response to a complaint, 
    petition, or motion filed by or on behalf of a person seeking 
    protection.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title IV, Sec. 40611, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1952.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14214 of this title.
