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  • 11insanity in bar of trial — the plea that a person is not in a fit mental state to instruct his defence. A hospital order may be made and the trial simply does not proceed. In theory, on release the proceedings may be commenced. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart.… …

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  • 12insanity — 1580s, state of being insane, from L. insanitatem (nom. insanitas) unhealthfulness, noun of quality from insanus (see INSANE (Cf. insane)). Meaning extreme folly is from 1844 …

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  • 13insanity — [n] mental illness; foolishness aberration, absurdity, alienation, craziness, delirium, delusion, dementia, derangement, distraction, dotage, folly, frenzy, hallucination, hysteria, illusion, inanity, irrationality, irresponsibility, lunacy,… …

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  • 14Insanity defense — For similar defences in Canada and Australia, see mental disorder defence …

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  • 15Insanity — For other uses, see Insanity (disambiguation). Insane redirects here. For other uses, see Insane (disambiguation). Engraving of the eighth p …

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  • 16Insanity Saga — The Insanity Saga is a fantasy series written by twin teenage novelists Suresh Guptara and Jyoti Guptara.Book One in this saga is Conspiracy of Calaspia , the first draft of which the Guptara Twins penned at the age of eleven. It was published… …

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  • 17Insanity (radio) — StudentMedia name=Insanity logofile= type=Radio Station launch=1998 web=http://www.insanityradio.com university=Royal Holloway, University of London other media=Offical Student Publication The Orbital Independent Newspaper The Founder… …

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  • 18insanity — The term is a social and legal term rather than a medical one, and indicates a condition which renders the affected person unfit to enjoy liberty of action because of the unreliability of his behavior with concomitant danger to himself and others …

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  • 19insanity — The term is a social and legal term rather than a medical one, and indicates a condition which renders the affected person unfit to enjoy liberty of action because of the unreliability of his behavior with concomitant danger to himself and others …

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  • 20Insanity (song) — Infobox Single Name = Insanity Artist = Darin from Album = Break the News Released = August 3 2007 (Germany) Recorded = 2006 Genre = Electropop Length = 3:45 Label = EMI Writer = Peter Mansson, Patric Sarin, Darin Zanyar Producer = Last single =… …

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