{"data":{"id":"us-de/10-del.-c.-7701","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"10 Del. C. § 7701","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this section:\n(1) “Firearm” means as defined in § 222 of Title 11.\n(2) “Law-enforcement officer” means as defined in § 222 of Title 11.\n(3) “Lethal violence protective order” means an order issued by the Justice of the Peace Court or Superior Court prohibiting and enjoining a person from controlling, owning, purchasing, possessing, having access to, or receiving a firearm or projectile weapon.\n(4) “Petitioner” means either of the following:\na. A family member of the respondent as defined in § 901 of this title or a member of the class defined in § 1041(2)b. of this title.\nb. A law-enforcement officer who files a petition alleging that the respondent poses a danger of causing physical injury to self or others by controlling, owning, purchasing, possessing, having access to or receiving a firearm or projectile weapon.\n(5) “Physical injury” means as defined in § 222 of Title 11.\n(6) “Projectile weapon” means as defined in § 222 of Title 11.\n(7) “Respondent” means the individual who is alleged to pose a danger of causing physical injury to self or others by controlling, owning, purchasing, possessing, having access to or receiving a firearm or projectile weapon.","path":["Title 10. Courts and Judicial Procedure","Special Proceedings","CHAPTER 77. Lethal Violence Protective Order"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title10/c077/index.html#7701","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:13Z","sha256":"0683fd2d32b789fb068958cfc6f01f188df4a92c98179babfa1dfe49424e13e0","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/10-del.-c.-7604","next":"us-de/10-del.-c.-7702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}