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INSANITY PLEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time
Synonyms:
insanity plea; plea of insanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("insanity plea" is a kind of...):
plea ((law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer))
Domain category:
criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)