cool blood. Criminal law. In the law of homicide, a condition in which the defendant’s emotions are not in such an excited state that they interfere with his or her faculties and reason. — Also termed cool state of blood. See COLD BLOOD. Cf. HEAT OF PASSION. [Cases: Homicide 669.]
Criminal law. Time to recover cool blood after great excitement, stress, or provocation, so that one is considered able to contemplate, comprehend, and act with reference to the consequences that are likely to follow. See COOL BLOOD. [Cases: Homicide 669.]
cooling time. Criminal law. Time to recover cool blood after great excitement, stress, or provocation, so that one is considered able to contemplate, comprehend, and act with reference to the consequences that are likely to follow. See COOL BLOOD. [Cases: Homicide 669.] “[O]ne who controls his temper time after time, following repeated acts of provocation,
cold blood. A killer’s state of mind when committing a willful and premeditated homicide (a shooting in cold blood). See COOL BLOOD. Cf. HEAT OF PASSION.
duel. 1. TRIAL BY COMBAT. 2. A single combat; specif., a prearranged combat with deadly weapons fought between two or more persons under prescribed rules, usu. in the presence of at least two witnesses, to resolve a previous quarrel or avenge a deed. • In England and the United States, death resulting from a duel
Rage, terror, or furious hatred suddenly aroused by some immediate provocation, usu. another person’s words or actions. • At common law, the heat of passion could serve as a mitigating circumstance that would reduce a murder charge to manslaughter. — Also termed sudden heat of passion; sudden heat; sudden passion; hot blood; sudden heat and
heat of passion. Rage, terror, or furious hatred suddenly aroused by some immediate provocation, usu. another person’s words or actions. • At common law, the heat of passion could serve as a mitigating circumstance that would reduce a murder charge to manslaughter. — Also termed sudden heat of passion; sudden heat; sudden passion; hot blood;