Insanity - Law Dictionary Search Results

Derangement

The act of deranging or putting out of order or the state of being deranged disarrangement disorder confusion especially mental disorder insanity...

Dementia

Insanity madness esp that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason mental imbecility idiocy...

Cerebropathy

A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed called also brain fag...

substantial capacity test : a test used in many jurisdictions when considering an insanity defense which relieves a defendant of criminal responsibility if at the time of the crime as a result of mental disease or defect the defendant lacked the capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his or her conduct or to conform the conduct to the requirements of the law called also ALI test Model Penal Code test compare diminished capacity, irresistible impulse test, m'naghten test NOTE: This test was first formulated in the Model Penal Code and has been adopted by many jurisdictions. ...

standard of proof

standard of proof :the level of certainty and the degree of evidence necessary to establish proof in a criminal or civil proceeding [the standard of proof to convict is proof beyond a reasonable doubt] see also clear and convincing, preponderance of the evidence compare burden of proof clear and convincing evidence at evidence, reasonable doubt NOTE: Preponderance of the evidence is the least demanding standard of proof and is used for most civil actions and some criminal defenses (as insanity). Clear and convincing proof is a more demanding standard of proof and is used in certain civil actions (as a civil fraud suit). Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the most demanding standard and the one that must be met for a criminal conviction. ...

sanity

sanity : the quality or state of being sane compare insanity ...

present

present 1 : to lay before a court as an object of consideration [ a complaint] [ed a defense of insanity] 2 : to make a presentment of (an instrument) pre·sen·ta·tion [prē-zen-tā-shən, pre-, -zən-] n pre·sent·er n [pre-zənt] adj 1 : now existing [a undivided interest in the property] [a ability to pay] 2 : constituting the one actually involved or being considered [the case] 3 : being in attendance : being in one place and not elsewhere [no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members "U.S. Constitution art. I"] ...

Loco

A plant Astragalus Hornii growing in the Southwestern United States which is said to poison horses and cattle first making them insane The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus Called also loco weed...

Family

Family, in relation to a person, includes the ascend-ant and descendant of such person. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2(h)]. A group consisting of parents and their children; a group of person connected by blood by affinity, or by law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 620.In relation to an occupier, means the individual, the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such individual, and their children, brother or sister of such individual. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), s. 2 (v)]In relation to an operator, means his wife and dependant children and includes his dependent parents. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (g)]Means:(i) In the case of a male-subscriber the wife or wives, parents, children, minor brothers, unmarried sisters, deceased son's widow and children and where no parent of the subscriber is alive, a paternal grandparent: Provided that if a subscriber proves that his wife has be...

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