Provocation

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

That treatment of another which arouses anger or passion. See 52 S. C. 480; 30 S. E. 482. Excepting words or gestures. See Add. (Pa.) 155.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The act of inciting another to do something. Provocation simply, unaccompanied by a crime or misdemeanor, does not justify the person provoked to commit an assault end battery. In cases of homicide it may reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter; but not if the provocation is by mere words, however exasperating; Allen v. U. S., 164 U. S. 492, 17 Sup. Ct. 154, 41 L. Ed. 528. But when the provocation is given for the purpose of justifying or excusing an intended murder, and the party provoked is killed, it is no justification; Whart. Cr. L. 457. See Honesty v. Com., 81 Va. 298. The unjust provocation by a wife of her husband, in consequence of which she sufremedy In such cases is to change her man* ners; 2 Lee 172; 1 Hagg. Cons. 155.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The act of inciting another to do a particular deed. Such conduct or actions on the part of one person towards another as tend to arouse rage, resentment, or fury in the latter against the former, and thereby cause him to do some illegal act against or in relation to the person offering the provocation. See State v. Byrd, 52 S. C. 480, 30 S. E. 482; Ruble v. Pcople, 67 III. App. 438.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

The act of HS inciting another to do something. Provocation simply, unaccompanied by a crime or misdemeanor, does not justify the person provoked to e commit an assault and battery. In, _ cases of homicide, it may reduce the offence from murder to manslaughee ter. Vide To persuade; 1 Russ. on Cr. 397, ch. 28, b. 2. ee PROVOST, is a title given to the chief of some corporations or ea societies. In France, this title was formerly given to some presiding judges. The word is derived from a the latin prepositus.