M'Naghten rule

M'Naghten rule
A test applied to determine whether a person accused of a crime was sane at the time of its commission and, therefore, criminally responsible for the wrongdoing.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


M'Naghten rule
A test applied to determine whether a person accused of a crime was sane at the time of its commission and, therefore, criminally responsible for the wrongdoing.

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  • 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

  • M'Naghten rule — a definition of criminal responsibility formulated in 1843 by English judges questioned by the House of Lords as a result of the acquittal of Daniel M Naghten on grounds of insanity. It holds that “to establish a defense on the ground of… …   Medical dictionary

  • M'Naghten rule — noun A test of criminal insanity. ...it must be clearly proved that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he… …   Wiktionary

  • rule — A criterion, standard, or guide governing a procedure, arrangement, action, etc. SEE ALSO: law, principle, theorem. [O. Fr. reule, fr. L. regula, a guide, pattern] Abegg r. the tendency of the sum of the …   Medical dictionary

  • 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

  • Mc|Naugh|ten Rule — «muhk N tuhn», = M Naghten Rule. (Cf. ↑M Naghten Rule) …   Useful english dictionary

  • McNaghten Rule — See M Naghten Rule …   Black's law dictionary

  • McNaghten Rule — See M Naghten Rule …   Black's 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

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