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irresistible impulse rule

irresistible impulse rule

formerly, a rule commonly used in U.S. courts of law for determining insanity, according to which defendants were judged to be insane and therefore absolved of criminal responsibility if they were unable to control their conduct, even if they were aware that it was wrong. This rule is no longer used.

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