PROVOST
Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
or actions on the part of one person towards another as tend to arouse rage, resentment, or fury in the latter against the former, and thereby cause him to do some Illegal act against or in relation to the person offering the provocation. See State v. Byrd, 52 S. C. 480, 80 S. E. 482; Ruble v. People, 67 Ill.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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