SUDDER
Categories: International Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
passion is not the result of a former provocation, and the act must be directly caused by the passion arising out of the provocation at the time of the homicide. It is not enough that the mind is agitated by passion arising from a former or other provocation or a provocation given by some other person. Stell v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 58 S. W. 75.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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