adequate provocation
adequate provocation 充分挑衅；充分刺激 在刑法中，指影响行为人的理智和自控力，以致其被迫犯罪的刺激，如激情〔passion〕。在一定的条件下，这一刺激可使谋杀罪降格为非预谋杀人罪。 (→adequate cause)
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adequate provocation
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.
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