cool blood

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.]

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