McNaughten Rules

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• McNaughten Rules — Mc|Naugh|ten Rules, the M Naghten Rules, the the rules in English law which say that, if it can be proved that someone did not know what they were doing when they carried out a crime or did not know that it was wrong, then they can plead insanity …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• McNaughten rules — /məkˌnɔtn ˈrulz/ (say muhk.nawtn roohlz) plural noun Law rules laid down in 1843 in a British court case (R. v. McNaughten), which provided that to establish insanity the accused must prove either that, as a result of a mental defect he or she… …  

• McNaughten rules — n.pl. (also M Naghten rules) Brit. rules governing the decision as to the criminal responsibility of an insane person. Etymology: McNaughten or McNaughtan, name of a 19th c. accused person …   Useful english dictionary

• M'Naghten Rules — M Nagh|ten Rules, the →↑McNaughten Rules, the …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• McNaghten rules — [mək nɔ:t(ə)n] (also M Naghten or McNaughten rules) plural noun Brit. rules or criteria for judging criminal responsibility where there is a question of insanity. Origin established by the House of Lords, following the case of Regina v McNaghten… …   English new terms dictionary

• M'Naghten Rules — /məˈnɔtn rulz/ (say muh nawtn roohlz) plural noun → McNaughten rules …  

• M'Naghten rules — var. of MCNAUGHTEN RULES (see at MACN ) …   Useful english 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

• Mac- — Mc In English dictionaries and lists of names, it is usual to order all names spelt with these prefixes as if they were spelt Mac , so that a user who is unsure of the spelling does not have a lengthy search. A typical sequence is therefore Macc …   Modern English usage

• Mc- — Mac , Mc In English dictionaries and lists of names, it is usual to order all names spelt with these prefixes as if they were spelt Mac , so that a user who is unsure of the spelling does not have a lengthy search. A typical sequence is therefore …   Modern English usage

• Daniel M'Naghten — (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton) (1813–1865) was a Scottish woodturner who assassinated English civil servant Edward Drummond while suffering from paranoid delusions. Through his trial and its aftermath, he has given his name to… …   Wikipedia