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What does California Criminal Code 273.5 Mean?

273.5	Inflict Corporal Injury On Spouse/Cohabitant
273.5(A)	Inflict Corporal Injury On Spouse/Cohabitant
273.5(A)(1)	Corporal Injury Against Spouse or Former Spouse.
273.5(A)(B)(4)	Inflict Corporal Injury on Spouse/Cohabitant.
273.5(B)	Corporal Injury to Cohabitant
273.5(B)(2)	Inflict Corporal Injury Upon the Offender’s Cohabitant or Former Cohabitant.
273.5(B)(3)	Inflict corporal injury on offender's fiance' or with whom offender had previous engagement or dating relationship.
273.5(C)	Inflict Corporal Injury on Spouse/Cohabitant - Strangulation or Suffocation.
273.5(D)	Inflict Corporal Injury on Spouse / Cohabitant / or Fiance' by Strangulation or Suffocation.
273.5(D)	Inflict Corporal Injury on Spouse / Cohabitant / or Fiance' by Strangulation or Suffocation.

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