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Thursday, 2 May 2024, 6:48 AM
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Course: Support Through Court: Domestic Abuse (Support Through Court)
Glossary: Glossary
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Special Measures

Adaptations, concessions or arrangements made by the family court to assist a vulnerable person to participate in proceedings or to give evidence at a hearing.


Specific Issue Order

A court order specifying that a party should carry out a particular act in in relation to the upbringing of a child.


Stark’s coercive control tactics

The tactics used by domestic abuse perpetrators to deprive victims of their liberty and reduce their ability for action.


Statement of truth

The final paragraph of  a court statement which says that the maker of the statement confirms the truth of everything in the statement.