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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

to complaining or grumbling prone to show annoyance at slight provocation irritable

Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation when one has the power to inflict it compassionate treatment

Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time patient endurance of pain or unhappiness

Giving no offense or provocation causing no uneasiness annoyance or disturbance as an inoffensive man

putting in opposition or provoking to combat a challenge a provocation a summons to combat

and while in the heat of passion or on sudden provocation NOTE: In states that grade manslaughter by degrees, voluntary manslaughter

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