- Durham rule
- Dur·ham rule (d
rґəm) [Durham, surname of an American felon judged to be criminally insane in 1954] see under rule.
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Durham rule — Dur·ham rule / du̇r əm , dər / n [from Durham v. United States, 214 F.2d 862 (1954), a case heard by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that established the rule]: a rule of criminal law used in some states that holds that in order to find … Law dictionary
Durham Rule — Durham Rule, U.S. the rule that an accused person is not criminally responsible if his crime was the product of a diseased or defective mental condition. ╂[< U.S. vs. Durham, a case tried in 1954 < Monte Durham, the accused in this case] … Useful english dictionary
Durham rule — The Durham Rule or product test was adopted by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1954, in the case of Durham v. U.S. (214 F.2d 862), and states that ... an accused is not criminally responsible if his… … Wikipedia
Durham rule — The irresistible impulse test of criminal responsibility. The rule states that when there is some evidence that the accused suffered from a diseased or defective mental condition at the time the unlawful act was committed the accused is not… … Black's law dictionary
Durham rule — The irresistible impulse test of criminal responsibility. The rule states that when there is some evidence that the accused suffered from a diseased or defective mental condition at the time the unlawful act was committed the accused is not… … Black's law dictionary
Durham Rule — noun Etymology: Monte Durham, 20th century American litigant Date: 1955 a legal hypothesis under which a person is not judged responsible for a criminal act that is attributed to a mental disease or defect … New Collegiate Dictionary
Durham rule — a definition of criminal responsibility from a 1954 federal court of appeals case, Durham vs. United States; the court held that “an accused is not criminally responsible if his unlawful act was the product of mental disease or mental… … Medical dictionary
Rule of the Major-Generals — The Rule of the Major Generals from August 1655 – January 1657,[1] was a period of direct military government during Oliver Cromwell s Protectorate.[2] England was divided into 10 regions[3] each governed by a Major General who answered to the… … Wikipedia
Durham College (17th-century) — New College, Durham was a university institution set up by Oliver Cromwell, to provide an alternative to (and break the effective monopoly of) the older University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. It also had the aim of bringing university… … Wikipedia
rule — A criterion, standard, or guide governing a procedure, arrangement, action, etc. SEE ALSO: law, principle, theorem. [O. Fr. reule, fr. L. regula, a guide, pattern] Abegg r. the tendency of the sum of the … Medical dictionary
