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SUDDEN HEAT OF PASSION Definition & Legal Meaning

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In the common-law definition of manslaughter, this phrase means an access of rage or anger, suddenly arising from a contemporary provocation. It means that the provocation must arise at the time of the killing, and that the SUDDER 1120

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