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Durham rule
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
diminished capacity
(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
Vis major
Vis major, insuperable accident, irresistible force. See ACT OF GOD. Means 'act of God' is a mere short way of expressing the proposition
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