The act of inciting another to do something. 2. Provocation simply, unaccompanied by a crime or misdemeanor, does not justify the person provoked to commit an assault and battery. In cases of homicide, it may reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter. But when the provocation is given for the purpose of justifying or excusing an intended murder, and the party provoked is … [Read more...]

To induce someone to act or react as a direct result of one's deliberate acts to annoy or harass. … [Read more...]

The principal magistrate of a royal burgh in Scotland; also a governing officer of a university or college. … [Read more...]

The act of convincing a probate court that a will document is the authorized will of a deceased person. This is usually a formality where an executor or administrator shows the court the will which should have been signed and dated by the deceased person in the presence of two or more witnesses. A holographic will (hand written and unwitnessed) can be introduced in many states … [Read more...]

In English law. An officer of the royal navy who had the charge of prisoners taken at sea, and sometimes also on land. In military law, the officer acting as the head of the military police of any post, camp, city or other place in military occupation, or district under the reign of martial law. … [Read more...]