Provokement - Law Dictionary Search Results
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The act that which provokes one who excites anger or other passion or incites to action as a provoker of sedition...
provoke
provoke pro·voked pro·vok·ing 1 : to incite to anger 2 : to provide the needed stimulus for pro·vok·er n ...
Provokable
That may be provoked...
Provoking
Having the power or quality of exciting resentment tending to awaken passion or vexation as provoking words or treatment...
provocation
provocation 1 : the act of provoking 2 : something that provokes, arouses, or stimulates ...
cool
cool : to lose passion : become calm sometimes used with off or down [the time elapsing…is such that a reasonable man thus provoked would have ed "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] ...
fighting words
fighting words : words which by their very utterance are likely to inflict harm on or provoke a breach of the peace by the average person to whom they are directed NOTE: Fighting words are not protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ...
libel
libel [Anglo-French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or printed words ;specif : a false published statement that injures an individual's reputation (as in business) or otherwise exposes him or her to public contempt b : the publication of such a libel c : the crime or tort of publishing a libel see also single publication rule New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Important Cases section compare defamation, slander NOTE: Although libel is defined under state case law or statute, the U.S. Supreme Court has enumerated some First Amendment protections that apply to matters of public concern. In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the Court held that in order to recover damages a public person (as a celebrity or politician) who alleges libel (as by a newspaper) has to prove that “the statement was made with ‘actual malice’ &...
Concupiscible
Exciting to or liable to be affected by concupiscence provoking lustful desires...
Contentious
Fond of contention given to angry debate provoking dispute or contention quarrelsome...
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