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sudden passion

sudden passion : heat of passion ...

heat of passion :an agitated state of mind (as anger or terror) prompted by provocation sufficient to overcome the ability of a reasonable person to reflect on and control his or her actions called also heat of blood heat of passion on sudden provocation hot blood sudden heat sudden heat of passion sudden passion see also manslaughter compare cold blood, cool state of blood ...

sudden heat of passion

sudden heat of passion :heat of passion ...

sudden heat

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manslaughter

manslaughter : the unlawful killing of a human being without malice compare homicide, murder involuntary manslaughter : manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life, from the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony, or from the commission of a lawful act involving a risk of injury or death that is done in an unlawful, reckless, or grossly negligent manner see also reckless homicide at homicide NOTE: The exact formulation of the elements of involuntary manslaughter vary from state to state esp. with regard to the level of negligence required. In states that grade manslaughter by degrees, involuntary manslaughter is usually graded as a second- or third-degree offense. misdemeanor-manslaughter : involuntary manslaughter occurring during the commission of a misdemeanor compare felony murder at murder voluntary manslaughter : manslaughter resulting from an intentional act done without malice or premeditati...

Flare up

A sudden burst of anger or passion an angry dispute...

Adultery

Adultery [ad. Lat., and alter, another person], anciently termed Advowtry (quasi ad alterius thorum). The sin of incontinence between two married persons, or it may be where only one of them is married, in which case it may be called single adultery to distinguish it from the other, which has sometimes been called double.By the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857, which created a Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (superseding the Ecclesiastical Court) which would grant to the innocent party a divorce a mensa et thoro on the ground of the other's adultery, a husband could obtain a dissolution of his marriage (before that Act, only obtainable and not infrequently obtained by a private Act of Parliament) upon the ground of his wife's adultery, and a wife could obtain a judicial separation on the ground of her husband's adultery, or a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his adultery coupled with cruelty or desertion or bigamy, or of his incestuous adultery, provided there be...

Heat of passion

Heat of passion, heat of passion requires that there must be no time for the passions to cool down, Ghapoo Yadav v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2003) 3 SCC 528: AIR 2003 SC 1620 (1622). (Indian Penal Code, s. 300, Exception 4)See also Sridhar Bhuyan v. State of Orissa.Rage, terms, or furious hatred sudden aroused by some immediate provocation, usu. another person's words or action, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 726.Requires that there must be no time for the passion to cool down and the parties have worked themselves into a furry on account of the verbal altercation in the beginning, Sandhya Jadhav v. State of Maharashtra, (2006) 4 SCC 653: (2006) 4 JT 316: (2006) 3 SCALE 665: (2006) 3 Supreme 217: (2006) 3 SLT 249: (2006) 4 SCJ 489: (2006) 7 SCJD 358: (2006) 5 SRJ 93: 2006 Cr LJ 2111: (2006) 2 SCC (Cri) 394: (2006) 2 Crimes 5 (SC): (2006) 1 JCC 599: (2006) 2 Recent CR 472: (2006) 4 CRJ 437.Subsequent procedures did not impose a heavier penalty than the indeterminate sentence impo...

Chance-medley

Chance-medley [fr. Chaude meslee, Fr.; fr. Chaud, hot and mislee, fray, mesler, meler, to mingle, mescolare, It. When the element chaud lost its meaning to ordinary English ears, it ws replaced by chance in accordance with the meaning of the compound, Wedgw.], a casual affray. Such killing of a person as happens either in self-defence on a sudden quarrel, or in the commission of an unlawful act without any deliberate intention of doing any mischief, 1 Hawk. P. C. c. xxx., s. 1. It is sometimes termed chaud-medley, which more properly signifies an affray in the heat of blod or passion....

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