Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
Insanity — • The dividing line between sanity and insanity, like the line that distinguishes a man of average height from a tall man, can be described only in terms of a moral estimate Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Insanity Insanity … Catholic encyclopedia
Examples of the motif of harmful sensation in fiction — This is a chronological list of examples of the motif of harmful sensation in modern fiction. Before 1901*In Stendhal s 1817 Naples and Florence: A Journey from Milan to Reggio , the eponymous Stendhal syndrome is outlined. *Edgar Allan Poe s… … Wikipedia
injured party — A person wronged by the action of the other. Lee v Lee, 182 NC 61, 108 SE 352. The plaintiff; a person having a right of action, particularly a person having a ground of divorce. A statute specifying incurable insanity as a permissible cause for… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Whipping Star — infobox Book | name = Whipping Star title orig = translator = image caption = author = Frank Herbert illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel publisher = G. P. Putnam s Sons… … Wikipedia
Henry Morrison Flagler — Infobox Person name=Henry Morrison Flagler caption= birth date=birth date|1830|1|2|mf=y birth place=Hopewell, New York death date=death date and age|1913|5|20|1830|1|2|mf=y death place= Palm Beach, FloridaHenry Morrison Flagler (January 2 1830… … Wikipedia
family law — Introduction body of law regulating family relationships, including marriage and divorce, the treatment of children, and related economic matters. In the past, family law was closely connected with the law of property and succession… … Universalium
fault divorce — A tradition that required one spouse to prove that the other spouse was legally at fault, to obtain a divorce. The innocent spouse was then granted the divorce from the guilty spouse. The traditional fault grounds for divorce are adultery,… … Law dictionary
FERGUSSON, ROBERT — a Scottish poet, born in Edinburgh; after a university course at St. Andrews he obtained a post in the office of the commissionary clerk of Edinburgh; his first poems appeared in Ruddiman s Weekly Magazine, and brought him a popularity which… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
asylum — A sanctuary; place where a person is immune from arrest; a state or country to which a person flees to escape arrest in another state or country. An institution for receiving, maintaining, and, as far as possible, ameliorating the condition of… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Christopher Smart's asylum confinement — Christopher Smart The English poet Christopher Smart (1722–1771) was confined to mental asylums from May 1757 until January 1763. Smart was admitted into St Luke s Hospital for Lunatics … Wikipedia
