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Home Dictionary Name: impulsivelyirresistible impulse
irresistible impulse : an overpowering impulse produced by mental disease or defect that leads to the commission of a criminal act (as murder) ...
irresistible impulse test
irresistible impulse test : a test used in some jurisdictions when considering an insanity defense that involves a determination of whether an impulse to commit a criminal act was irresistible due to mental disease or defect regardless of whether the defendant knew right from wrong compare diminished capacity, durham rule, m'naghten test, substantial capacity test ...
impulse buy
to buy on impulse without proper reflection...
Impulsive
That which impels or gives an impulse an impelling agent...
Impulsively
In an impulsive manner...
Impulsiveness
The quality of being impulsive...
Kinesodic
Conveying motion as kinesodic substance applied esp to the spinal cord because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly...
capricious
capricious 1 : governed or characterized by impulse or whim: as a : lacking a rational basis b : likely to change suddenly 2 : not supported by the weight of evidence or established rules of law often used in the phrase arbitrary and capricious ca·pri·cious·ly adv ca·pri·cious·ness n ...
diminished capacity
diminished capacity 1 : an abnormal mental condition that renders a person unable to form the specific intent necessary for the commission of a crime (as first-degree murder) but that does not amount to insanity called also diminished responsibility partial insanity compare insanity, irresistible impulse test, m'naghten test, substantial capacity test 2 a : a defense based on a claim of diminished capacity b : the doctrine that diminished capacity may negate an element of a crime NOTE: If diminished capacity is shown, negating an element of the crime with which a defendant is charged, the defendant can only be convicted of a lesser offense that does not include the element. ...
Durham rule
Durham rule [from Durham v. United States, 214 F.2d 862 (1954), a case heard by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that established the rule] : a rule of criminal law used in some states that holds that in order to find a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity the defendant's criminal act must be the product of a mental disease or defect compare irresistible impulse test, m'naghten test, substantial capacity test ...
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