Insanity Defense
In criminal cases the defense made during the trial that the accuse was not aware that he/she was commiting a crime as he/she was of unsound mind and because of this defect he was not able to judge that the act was illegal.
* Insanity Defense *
DEFENSE, INSANITY - A criminal defense asserting that at the time of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the defendant, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, ...
insanity defense
n. the claim of a defendant in a criminal prosecution that he/she was insane when the crime was committed, usually only temporarily.
The insanity defense is recognized in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, and most U.S. states with the exception of Montana, Idaho, and Utah.
See also: insanity defense M'Naughten rule temporary insanity
The People's Law Dictionary by Gerald and Kathleen Hill Publisher Fine Communications ...
The case of Daniel McNaughtan, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity after making an assassination attempt on British prime minister Robert Peel (1834), gave rise to the modern insanity defense used in many Western nations today.
1 : a plea by a criminal defendant who intends to raise an insanity defense used in jurisdictions that require such a plea in order for an insanity defense to be presented ...
 See also: Defense, Insanity, Defend, Defendant, Criminal
  
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