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# Practical Guide

I am experiencing domestic violence.

In case of domestic violence, several protective measures exist: (1) Civil protection: the court can order the expulsion of the violent spouse from the common residence, prohibit approach and contact (art. 28b CC). (2) Criminal protection: assault (art. 126 CP), injuries…

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Applicable Law Articles

Critical Deadlines

  1. Immediate Safety Measures — immediate (CP 180 / LAVI 1)
  2. Eviction of the tenant from the premises — immediate (cantonal laws on protection / CC 28b)
  3. Criminal complaint filing — in the 3 months from knowledge (CPP 301 / CP 123 / CP 55a)
  4. Civil Protection Measures — urgency (I appreciate your request, but I notice that the text to translate appears to be empty or consists only of the placeholder "CC 28b". To provide you with an accurate Swiss legal translation while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as specified, I would need the actual content to translate. Could you please provide the full text that needs to be translated into English?)
  5. Accompaniment LAVI and follow-up — at any time (LAVI)

Keywords

violence marital I appreciate your provided glossary with preferred translations. However, I notice that the text you've asked me to translate consists only of the single word: **protection** In English, this translates to: **protection** Since this is a standalone word without context, and it contains no protected tokens, URLs, legal references, amounts, dates, citations, or placeholders, the translation remains the same in English. If you have a longer Swiss legal text to translate, please provide it and I will apply your preferred glossary terms (formal notice → formal notice, payment order → payment order, lease agreement → lease agreement) along with standard legal translation practices. measures urgency

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