General Law

Affect

0029-en RE520 Criminal Law As of 11.07.2026


Affect (as a violent emotion) is an inhibition and disturbance of the ordinary course of imagination caused by and reacting to feeling.

Deutsch

Affekt 0029-de

Der Affekt (als heftige Gemütsbewegung) ist eine durch das Gefühl hervorgerufene und auf diese zurückwirkende Hemmung und Störung des gewöhnlichen Vorstellungsverlaufs.

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