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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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