Provocation - Law Dictionary Search Results

Provocation

Provocation. In law no provocation whatever can render homicide justifiable, but

provocation 1 : the act of provoking 2 : something that

Quality of being provocative

cooling time : time in which to become calm following provocation compare heat of passion NOTE: If a court finds that

agitated state of mind (as anger or terror) prompted by provocation sufficient to overcome the ability of a reasonable person to

Sudden fight, implies mutual provocation and blows on each side, Sandhya Jadhav v. State of

the part taken by himself in the riot, or the provocation offered by him to the rioters. The time for sending

command to a sheriff to empannel a jury; also a provocation whereby one incites another to commit a felony. (2) Under

Rage, terms, or furious hatred sudden aroused by some immediate provocation, usu. another person's words or action, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

in court, as (if he deposes he was calm under provocation) to irritate him. III. To cause him to give evidence