mental derangement

  • 71temporary insanity — In a criminal case, a defense by the accused that he or she was briefly insane at the time the crime was committed and therefore was incapable of knowing the nature of the alleged criminal act. Category: Criminal Law Category: Small Claims Court… …

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  • 72Sir George Collier, 1st Baronet — George Ralph Collier, 1st Baronet Born 1774 London, England …

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  • 73Principality of Lüneburg — also: Brunswick Celle, Celle or Brunswick and Lüneburg Fürstentum Lüneburg also: Braunschweig und Lüneburg State of the Holy Roman Empire …

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  • 74Perceval, John Thomas — (1803 1876)    A British aristocrat, son of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval (1762 1812), and self proclaimed attorney general of all Her Majesty s madmen . Perceval lost his father at the age of 9. In 1830 he resigned his commission in the… …

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  • 75Prichard, James Cowles —    (1786–1848)    Best known for his concept moral insanity, Prichard was born at Ross in Herefordshire, England, into a cultivated Quaker family but was raised in Bristol. He earned his M.D. from Edinburgh in 1808, and shortly thereafter began… …

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  • 76frenzy — fren•zy [[t]ˈfrɛn zi[/t]] n. pl. zies, 1) extreme mental agitation; wild or violent excitement 2) a fit or spell of mental derangement resembling or resulting from a mania 3) agitated or uncontrollable activity 4) make frantic • Etymology:… …

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  • 77frenzy — /ˈfrɛnzi / (say frenzee) noun (plural frenzies) 1. violent mental agitation; wild excitement or enthusiasm. 2. the violent excitement of a paroxysm of mania; mental derangement; delirium. –verb (t) (frenzied, frenzying) 3. to drive to frenzy;… …

  • 78Distemper — Dis*tem per, n. [See {Distemper}, v. t., and cf. {Destemprer}.] 1. An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts. Bacon. [1913 Webster] Note: This meaning and most of the following are to be referred to the Galenical doctrine …

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  • 79Крейтон, Александр Александрович — (Crichton, sir Alexandre) род. 2 декабря (н. ст.) 1763 г. в Эдинбурге, ум. 4 июня (н. ст.) 1856 г. Медицинское образование получил в родном городе. Продолжая изучать медицину, он посетил Штутгард, Галле, Вену, Париж и Лейден, и здесь получил… …

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  • 80Prohibition (drugs) — [ Drug Enforcement Administration in a training exercise.] The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to control drug use and the illegal drug trade. Prohibition of drugs has existed at …

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