To what situations did the common law limit adequate provocation?
What will be an ideal response?
Common law restricted adequate provocation to a limited number of situations: aggravated assault or battery, mutual combat defined as a fight voluntarily entered into by the participants, a serious crime committed against a close relative of a defendant, and one spouse observing the adultery of the other spouse.
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