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Home Dictionary Name: insanity Page: 2 Page 2 of about 81 results (0.002 seconds)Macnaughton's Case, Rules in
Macnaughton's Case, Rules in [4 St. Tr. (N.S.) 847]. A discussion took place in the House of Lords upon the direction to the jury by Tindal, C.J., in the trial of Macnaughton, and as a result a series of questions were put to the judges. The answers of the majority constitute 'the rules in Macnaughton's case,' and have been accepted as laying down the law as to insanity with reference to criminal responsibility. See Archbold, Crim. Pleading, etc., 25th Edn., p. 15 et seq. The rules have been the subject of much discussion and criticism by political, medical, and legal writers (see, for example, Lord Birkenhead's letter to The Times, May 26th, 1924). The main rule which is laid down is, that in order to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the person accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it,...
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. ...
Monomania
Monomania, Insanity about some particular subject or class of subjects, usually manifested by a single insane delusion. A will made by some one suffering from this condition is usually held valid unless the evidence shows that particular provisions in the will were influenced by the insane delusion, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1022.Monomania, insanity upon a particular subject...
Lunacy
Insanity or madness properly the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon any form of unsoundness of mind except idiocy mental derangement or alienation...
guilty but mentally ill
guilty but mentally ill : a verdict available in some jurisdictions in cases involving an insanity defense in which the defendant is considered as if having been found guilty but is committed to a mental hospital rather than imprisoned if an examination shows a need for psychiatric treatment compare not guilty by reason of insanity ...
defense
defense 1 : the act or action of defending see also self-defense 2 a : the theory or ground that forms the basis for a defendant's opposition to an allegation in a complaint or to a charge in a charging instrument (as an indictment) ;also : the evidence and arguments presented supporting the defendant's opposition see also accord, alibi, assumption of risk, coercion, consent contributory negligence at negligence, denial, diminished capacity, duress, entrapment, estoppel, fraud, infancy, insanity, intoxication, laches, mistake, necessity, res judicata, statute of limitations absolute defense : complete defense in this entry af·fir·ma·tive defense : a defense that does not deny the truth of the allegations against the defendant but gives some other reason (as insanity, assumption of risk, or expiration of the statute of limitations) why the defendant cannot be held liable NOTE: The defendant bears the burden of proof as to affirmative defenses. choice of evils d...
Madhouse
An house or institution where insane persons are confined an insane asylum a bedlam usually used in a deprecatory sense...
loony bin
An institution for the confinement or treatment of insane persons such as an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital...
paranoia
A chronic form of insanity characterized by very gradual impairment of the intellect systematized delusion and usually by delusions of persecution or mandatory delusions producing homicidal tendency In its mild form paranoia may consist in the well marked crotchetiness exhibited in persons commonly called ldquocranksrdquo Paranoiacs usually show evidences of bodily and nervous degeneration and many have hallucinations esp of sight and hearing...
Madden
To make mad to drive to madness to drive to insanity to craze...
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