Insanity
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Insanity
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Meaning of Insanity
Unsoundness of mind; madness. Mental alienation or derangement of mind. legal insanity which exonerates from crime or incapacitates from civil actions is a mental deficiency with reference to the particular act in question and not a general incapacity. In criminal law it connotes a presumption that a particular individual lacks the capacity to possess a guilty mind. It connotes a mental condition which renders a person incapable of knowing or understanding the nature and quality of his act, or incapable of distinguishing right from wrong in relation to that act. When a defendant is insane, a trial against him is barred. In this context, insanity means inability on the part of a defendant to understand the nature of the crime charged or inability to reasonably and rationally defend against such charge , including co- operation with counsel. See People v McKinstray, 198 N.E.2d 829, 30 Ill.2d 611. See irresistible impulse and mcnaghten's rule.
Synonyms of Insanity
noun
aberration
aberration of mind
abnormality
alienation
alienation of mind
amentia
brain damage
craziness
daftness
delirium
delusion
dementedness
dementia
deranged intellect
derangement
diseased mind
disordered intellect
disordered mind
disordered reason
disorientation
frenzy
hallucination
insania
loss of reason
lunacy
madness
mental abnormality
mental alienation
mental decay
mental deficiency
mental derangement
mental disease
mental incapacity
mental infirmities
mental instability
mental sickness
mental unsoundness
paranoia
raving
unbalanced mind
unsound mind
unsoundness of mind
vecordia
want of comprehension
want of reason Associated Concepts: adjudication of insanity
diminished capacity
habitual insanity
incompetency
insane delusion
insane impulse to act
insanity defense
insanity plea
irresistible impulse foreign phrases: Furiosus nullum negotium contrahere potest
An insane person can make no contract
Furiosus stipulare non potest nec aliquid negotium agere
qui non intelligit quid agit
An insane person who knows not what he is doing
cannot contract nor transact any business
Furiosi nulla voluntas est
A madman has no will
Furiosus solo furore punitur
A madman is punished by his madness alone
Furor contrahi matrimonium non sinit
quia consensu opus est
Insanity prevents a marriage from being contracted
because consent is required
Ira furor brevis est
Anger is short insanity
Furiosus absentis loco est
A madman is considered as a person who is absent
abjecta ratione
omnia cum impetu et furore facit
A person is insane who
deprived of reason
does everything with violence and rage
does everything with violence and rage
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Capacity, Diminished Responsibility, Irresistible Impulse, Legal Insanity, Lucid Interval, Lunacy, Madness, Mcnaghten's Rule, Monomania, Sanity.
Insanity in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of insanity.
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