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M'Naghten test — M Naght·en test /mək nät ən / n [after Daniel M Naghten, defendant in 1843 murder case heard before the British House of Lords who was acquitted due to his insanity]: a standard under which a criminal defendant is considered to have been insane… … Law dictionary
M'Naghten Test — The right and wrong test of criminal responsibility, the terminology being taken from the title of an English Case. M Naghten s Case, 10 Clark & F 200, 8 Eng Reprint 718. See right and wrong test … Ballentine's law dictionary
M'Naghten test — /meuhk nawt n/ a rule that defines a person as legally insane when that person cannot distinguish right from wrong. [after Daniel M Naghten (d. 1865), defendant in a murder case adjudicated in England in 1843] … Useful english dictionary
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
M'Naghten Rule — The test applied in a number of the states for the defense of insanity. This test, as prescribed by statute or case law, has a number of variations in the respective states applying such. Under M Naghten test or rule, an accused is not criminally … Black's law dictionary
M'Naghten Rule — The test applied in a number of the states for the defense of insanity. This test, as prescribed by statute or case law, has a number of variations in the respective states applying such. Under M Naghten test or rule, an accused is not criminally … Black's law dictionary
substantial capacity test — n: a test used in many jurisdictions when considering an insanity defense which relieves a defendant of criminal responsibility if at the time of the crime as a result of mental disease or defect the defendant lacked the capacity to appreciate… … Law dictionary
irresistible impulse test — n: a test used in some jurisdictions when considering an insanity defense that involves a determination of whether an impulse to commit a criminal act was irresistible due to mental disease or defect regardless of whether the defendant knew right … Law dictionary
right–wrong test — n: m naghten test Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
M'Naghten Rules — The M Naghten Rules (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton) were a reaction to the acquittal of Daniel McNaughton. They arise from the attempted assassination of the British Prime Minister, Robert Peel, in 1843 by Daniel M Naghten. In… … Wikipedia
