diminished responsibility doctrine
- diminished responsibility doctrine
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Black's law dictionary.
HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A..
1990.
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diminished responsibility doctrine — /daminasht rasponsabilatiy doktran/ Term used to refer to lack of capacity to achieve state of mind requisite for commission of crime. McGuire v. Superior Court for Los Angeles County, 274 Cal.App. 583, 79 Cal.Rptr. 155, 161. The concept of… … Black's law dictionary
diminished capacity doctrine — This doctrine recognizes that although an accused was not suffering from a mental disease or defect when the offense was committed sufficient to exonerate him from all criminal responsibility, his mental capacity may have been diminished by… … Black's law dictionary
diminished capacity doctrine — This doctrine recognizes that although an accused was not suffering from a mental disease or defect when the offense was committed sufficient to exonerate him from all criminal responsibility, his mental capacity may have been diminished by… … Black's law dictionary
Diminished responsibility — For other types of responsibility, see Responsibility (disambiguation). Criminal defenses … Wikipedia
diminished responsibility — or diminished capacity In law, doctrine that absolves an accused person of part of the liability for his criminal act if he suffers from such abnormality of mind as to substantially impair his responsibility in committing or being a party to an… … Universalium
diminished capacity — di·min·ished capacity /də mi nisht / n 1: an abnormal mental condition that renders a person unable to form the specific intent necessary for the commission of a crime (as first degree murder) but that does not amount to insanity – called also… … Law dictionary
insanity — The term is a social and legal term rather than a medical one, and indicates a condition which renders the affected person unfit to enjoy liberty of action because of the unreliability of his behavior with concomitant danger to himself and others … Black's law dictionary
insanity — The term is a social and legal term rather than a medical one, and indicates a condition which renders the affected person unfit to enjoy liberty of action because of the unreliability of his behavior with concomitant danger to himself and others … Black's law dictionary
Homicide Act 1957 — The Homicide Act 1957 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (5 6 Eliz. II c. 11).It was enacted as a partial reform of the common law offence of murder in English law by abolishing the doctrine of constructive malice (except in… … Wikipedia
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