adequate provocation

Something that would cause a reasonable person to act without self-control and lose any premeditated state of mind.

• The usual form of adequate provocation is the heat of passion. Adequate provocation can reduce a criminal charge, as from murder to voluntary manslaughter.

— Also termed adequate cause; reasonable provocation. See HEAT OF PASSION. Cf. SELF-DEFENSE. [Cases: Homicide 673.]


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