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household necessities, medical expenses, school
fees, rent, mortgage expenses or other si milar
expenses; and
(b) the denial to the applicant of the right to seek
employment or engage in any income-generating
activity ;
"emotional, verbal or psychological abuse" means a
pattern of degrading or humiliating conduct towards the
applicant, including but not limited to the following(a) repeated insults, ridicule or name-calling; and
(b) repeated threats to cause emotional pain.
"enforcement officer" means a police officer or an
officer designated as such by the Cabinet Secretary for the
purposes of this Act;
"harassment" means engaging in a pattern of conduct
that induces in an applicant the fear of imminent harm..
including(a) watching or loitering outside or near the building
or place where the applicant resides, works,
carries on business, studies or happens to be;
(b) repeated contact or attempts to contact the
applicant by telephone, electronic means, post or
otherwise, whether or not a conversation ensues;
and
(c) sending, delivering or causing the delivery of
offensive or abusive documents or offensive
objects to the applicant;
"interim protection order" means an order made by the
court pending the full hearing of a matter and .the making
of a final order;
"intimidation" includes uttering or conveying a threat
or causing an applicant to receive a threat which includes a
fear of imminent harm to the applicant;
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