(AU) : a court order to prevent another person harassing or threatening another person, especially a current or former partner or spouse.
(AU) : a court order to prevent another person harassing or threatening another person, especially a current or former partner or spouse.
Add your own interpretation of "DVO".
Aussie and Kiwi vocabulary — bogan, daggy, brekkie, sheila, bach, jandals — the whole Antipodean lexicon, including outback dialect, surf and beach culture, and Sydney/Melbourne street slang.
See all Australian & NZ slang slang on Slangora.
Browse all slang words starting with D.
(Australia, initialism) apprehended violence order, a court order used to protect someone from violence or harassment.
(UK) A police order that temporarily bans a perpetrator of domestic violence from the family home, preventing the victim from having to flee.
(British, informal) One who has been issued with the above legal order.
(British, law enforcement) Anti-Social Behaviour Order.
(British, law enforcement, transitive) To issue an Anti-Social Behaviour Order to (someone).