insanity
121emotional insanity — The species of mental aberration produced by a violent excitement of the emotions or passions, though the reasoning faculties may remain unimpaired. A passion, effecting for a space of time complete derangement of accused s intellect, or an… …
122criminal insanity — See insanity …
123defense of insanity — In criminal cases, an affirmative defense interposed to prove that defendant lacked essential mental capacity which is required for criminal responsibility. Model Penal Code, No. 4.01. Fed.R.Crim.P. 12.2 requires the defendant to notify the… …
124emotional insanity — The species of mental aberration produced by a violent excitement of the emotions or passions, though the reasoning faculties may remain unimpaired. A passion, effecting for a space of time complete derangement of accused s intellect, or an… …
125climacteric insanity — A form of temporary insanity arising from some peculiar transitional condition of the system. Leache v State, 22 Tex Crim 279 …
126criminal insanity — A want of mental capacity and moral freedom to do or abstain from doing a particular act. State v Schafer, 156 Wash 240, 286 P 833. See insanity; right and wrong test …
127impulsive insanity — That form of insanity by which a person is irresistibly impelled to the commission of an act, sometimes accompanied by delusions and sometimes not, sometimes apparent and sometimes concealed. Mutual Life Ins. Co. v Terry (US) 15 Wall 580, 21 L Ed …
128puerperal insanity — A form of insanity arising from some peculiar transitional condition of the system. Leache v State, 22 Tex Crim 279 …
