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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions used in this section shall apply throughout this chapter:

A. “Cohabitant” means a person who is married or who is cohabiting with a person as husband and wife at the present time or at sometime in the past. Any person who has one or more children in common with another person, regardless of whether they have been married or lived together at any time shall be treated as a cohabitant.

B. “Domestic violence” includes but is not limited to, any of the following crimes as defined in Title 9 of this code or in RCW Title 9A, when committed by one cohabitant against another:

1. Assault;

2. Assault and battery;

3. Provoking assault;

4. Criminal trespass;

5. Coercion;

6. Reckless endangerment;

7. Custodial interference;

8. Reckless burning in the second degree;

9. Malicious mischief;

10. Vehicle prowling;

11. Theft in the third degree.

C. “Victim” means a cohabitant who has been subjected to domestic violence. (Ord. 725 § 1, 1993; Ord. 629 § 1, 1989).