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Voluntary manslaughter

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005183

The unlawful killing of another person without malice aforethought, committed in the heat of passion after adequate provocation or during a sudden quarrel. The killer typically intends to kill or seriously injure, but the provocation reduces the offense from murder, and the passion must not have had time to cool. Penalties are lighter than for murder, though still serious.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005183
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005183",
  "term": "Voluntary manslaughter",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The unlawful killing of another person without malice aforethought, committed in the heat of passion after adequate provocation or during a sudden quarrel. The killer typically intends to kill or seriously injure, but the provocation reduces the offense from murder, and the passion must not have had time to cool. Penalties are lighter than for murder, though still serious.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/voluntary-manslaughter/"
}

Record 5,315 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.