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/pli əv ɪnsˈænəti/ Listen

Plea of insanity

noun

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

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... 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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