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Insane delusion

Insane delusion, means an irrational, persistent belief in an imaginary state

Insanity

Insanity. See PERSON OF UNSOUND MIND.

Partial insanity

Partial insanity, mental unsoundness always exist-ing although only occasionally manifest; such as

Lunatic

c. 23). The general principle governing contracts entered into by insane persons is laid down in The Imperial Loan Co. v.

Monomania

Monomania, Insanity about some particular subject or class of subjects, usually manifested

Insanely

Without reason madly foolishly

Macnaughton's Case, Rules in

have been accepted as laying down the law as to insanity with reference to criminal responsibility. See Archbold, Crim. Pleading, etc.,

diminished capacity

crime (as first-degree murder) but that does not amount to insanity called also diminished responsibility partial insanity compare insanity, irresistible impulse

Lucid Interval

understood, in a legal sense, a temporary cessation of the insanity or a perfect restoration to reason. It differs entirely from

defense

at negligence, denial, diminished capacity, duress, entrapment, estoppel, fraud, infancy, insanity, intoxication, laches, mistake, necessity, res judicata, statute of limitations absolute

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