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Insanity

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002648

A legal defense in criminal cases asserting that a defendant lacked the mental capacity to understand the nature of their actions or to distinguish right from wrong at the time of the offense. This defense is distinct from a medical diagnosis of mental illness. The M'Naghten Rules are a common standard used to determine legal insanity in many jurisdictions.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002648
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A legal defense in criminal cases asserting that a defendant lacked the mental capacity to understand the nature of their actions or to distinguish right from wrong at the time of the offense. This defense is distinct from a medical diagnosis of mental illness. The M'Naghten Rules are a common standard used to determine legal insanity in many jurisdictions.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/insanity/"
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