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(in-san'i-tē),This is a legal term denoting mental incompetence and moral irresponsibility but having no specific medical meaning. 1.An outmoded term referring to severe mental illness or psychosis. 2.In law, the degree of mental illness that negates the patient's legal responsibility or cap...
“extreme folly or unreasonableness.” In modern usage,insanitymay be found in both senses: you may tell your brother that trying to skateboard while holding onto a car is "insanity" (in which case you mean that it is extremely foolish) or encounter the stricter original meaning in such ...
He was found not guilty, by reason of insanity. The legal definition of insanity varies from one jurisdiction to another. The use ofinsanitywith this meaning can be offensive, although it still has a technical use in law.see alsodiminished responsibilityoppositesanity ...
,pluralin·san·i·ties. (not in technical use as a medical diagnosis) the condition of beinginsane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms:craziness,madness,lunacy,aberration,mania Law.such unsoundness of mind as frees one from legal responsibility, as for committing a crime, or as signals one...
Criminal liability hinges on the English Common Law and Doctrines of Equity in the Latin maxim `actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea', meaning `that the intent and the action must concur to constitute a crime'. Thus, a perpetrator of an act must understand that what he is doing is ...
, and the court acquitted him by reason of insanity (M'Naghten's Case, 8 Eng. Rep. 718 [1843]). In response to a public furor that followed the decision, the House of Lords ordered the Lords of Justice of the Queen's Bench to craft a new rule for insanity in theCriminal Law....
(12) HERBERT FINGARETTE, THE MEANING OF CRIMINAL INSANITY 45 (1972) MOTUS ANIMI IN MENTE INSANA: AN EMOTION-ORIENTED PARADIGM OF LEGAL INSANITY INFORMED BY THE NEUROSCIENCE OF MORAL JUDGMENTS AND DECISION-MAKING When will this criminal insanity end and why is the problem treated so casually?
Defence of insanity in a summary trial – whether applicable to strict liability offences – medical evidence required to prove – meaning of 'wrong' in the McNaughtan rules Case: DPP v Harper Law report of case: unreported (15 April 1997); transcript provided by Legal Information Resources ...
The meaning of EMOTIONAL INSANITY is a temporary unsoundness of mind produced by intense agitation of emotion or passion.