Without provocation definition

Without provocation means that a dog was not teased, tormented, or abused by a person, or that the dog was not coming to the aid or the defense of a person who was not engaged in illegal or criminal activity and who was not using the dog as a means of carrying out such activity.
Without provocation means in the absence of teasing, tormenting, abusing or assaulting actions upon the dog, or its owner, either in the past or the present, by the person or domestic animal, who sustained the bite or attack.
Without provocation means in the absence of teasing, tormenting, abusing or assaulting actions upon the dog or its owner, either in the past or in the present, by the person or domestic animal which has been bitten by the dog.

More Definitions of Without provocation

Without provocation means that the dog has not been incited or induced to behave aggressively because:
Without provocation means that a dog was not teased, 49
Without provocation means that the animal was not teased, tormented or abused by a person, or that the animal was not coming to the aid of the defense of a member of its owner's household who was not engaged in illegal or criminal activity and who was not using the animal as a means of carrying out such activity.
Without provocation means that a dog was not teased, 47
Without provocation means that a dog was not teased, 102