(e) “owner/user inspection body” means any person, firm, partnership or entity registered with the Chief Inspector and approved by the Board as legally responsible for inspecting pressure vessels operated by the person in Virginia. (g) “water heater” means a receptacle used to supply (i) potable hot water, or (ii) space heating and potable water in combination, heated directly by combustion of fuel, electricity or another source and withdrawn for use outside the system at pressures not exceeding 160 pounds per square inch; or temperatures of 210 degrees Fahrenheit. The type of provocation considered serious enough to trigger a strong passion varies slightly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, although the usual criterion is relevance. Depending on the circumstances, assault, assault, adultery and unlawful arrest are examples of what may be considered sufficient provocation. (a) `boiler` means a closed tank in which water is heated, steam produced, superheated or a combination thereof, under pressure or vacuum, for external use by direct application of heat from the combustion of fuels or from electrical or nuclear energy. The term “boiler” includes units cooked for heating or evaporating liquids other than water, when these units are separated from the treatment systems and complete in themselves. These sample phrases are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “heated”. The views expressed in the examples do not represent the views of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. a receptacle in which pressure is obtained from an external source or by the addition of heat from an indirect or direct source, other than receptacles as defined in subparagraph (a) of this article.

Concluding that one person who killed another acted in the heat of passion will reduce murder to manslaughter in certain circumstances. The essential prerequisites for such a reduction are that the accused must be provoked to a point of great anger or rage, so that the person loses his normal capacity for self-control; the circumstances must be such that a reasonable person faced with the same degree of provocation would react in the same manner; Finally, in the period between provocation and murder, the accused must not have had the opportunity to “calm down” or regain control of himself. (d) “Committee” means the Council on Safety and Health Codes. In this chapter, which may be cited as the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act, the following terms have the meanings given to them in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (h) “contract fee inspector” means any certified boiler inspector appointed by the owner or operator of the boiler or pressure vessel to independently inspect boilers or pressure vessels; A term used in criminal law to describe an intensely emotional state of mind triggered by some kind of provocation that would cause a reasonable person to act impulsively or without reflection. The rule of law that appropriate provocation can reduce murder to manslaughter has been developed by the English courts. It was a way to avoid the severity of the death penalty, a fixed penalty for ordinary murder when the act of killing was caused by natural human weakness. In almost all cases, the appropriateness of a provocation is a jury decision. (2) “high-pressure, high-temperature kettle” means a water boiler operating at pressures greater than 160 pounds per square inch or temperatures above 250 degrees Fahrenheit. (f) “Audit commission” means persons appointed by the Chief Inspector to supervise inspectors` inspections. The warmth of passion was also defined by several dishes. In the aforementioned Visinaiz case, the Tenth Judicial District defined the heat of passion as “such a state of passion or warm-bloodedness or anger, anger, resentment, terror or fear that it indicates the absence of a deliberate plan to kill or cause someone to act impulsively without thinking.” In U.S.

v. Browner, the Fifth Circle defined the heat of passion as “a passion of fear or anger in which the accused loses his normal self-control due to circumstances that would produce such passion in an ordinary person, but do not justify the use of lethal force.” Passion is a mitigating factor that can be addressed by an accused criminal who claims to have been in an uncontrollable rage, terror or rage at the time of the alleged crime, particularly anger provoked by the victim.