Usually means: Intense emotional state mitigating reason.
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  1. heat of passion: Dictionary.com
  2. heat of passion: Wiktionary

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  1. heat of passion: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. heat of passion: Law.com Dictionary
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  6. Heat of Passion: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (heat of passion)

noun:  (law) An outburst of anger that leads one to commit a criminal act, and is itself influenced by preceding events that might cause a reasonable person to lose self control.

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