criminally insane

describing defendants who are judged to have a mental illness or defect that absolves them of legal responsibility for the criminal acts they are alleged to have committed. The term is now seldom used.

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Psychology term of the day

May 10th 2024

demyelinating disease

any of various pathological conditions, such as multiple sclerosis, resulting from destruction of the myelin sheath covering nerve fibers in the central and peripheral nervous systems.