In the definition of man-slaughter as homicide committed without premeditation but under the Influence of sud-den “passion,” this term means any intense and vehement emotional excitement of the kind prompting to violent and aggressive ac* tlon, as, rage, anger, hatred, furious resent-ment, or terror. See Stell v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 58 S. W. 75; State v. Johnson, 23 N. C. 362, 35 Am. Deg. 742
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
