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Plea of insanity   /pli əv ɪnsˈænəti/   Listen
Plea of insanity

noun
1.
(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time.  Synonym: insanity plea.






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"Plea of insanity" Quotes from Famous Books



... trial of Moses Gould for patriotism was rather above the heads of the company, especially of the criminal; but the trial of Inglewood on a charge of photographic libel, and his triumphant acquittal upon a plea of insanity, were admitted to be in the best tradition ...
— Manalive • G. K. Chesterton



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