Harassment is when someone commits a series of acts over a period of time against you, which causes you to have substantial emotional distress and the acts serve no legitimate purpose. 1 Below you will find the definitions of the emboldened terms: This section defines stalking for the purpose of getting an injunction.Īccording to Florida’s criminal law, stalking is defined as when someone willfully (intentionally), maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person.