See Also: insanity defense(medicine)
Insanity Defense Reform Act (IDRA)(law)
insanity(dictionary)
insanity(encyclopedia)
Insanity(medicine)
Insanity(law)
insanity(dictionary)
Insanity(health)
criminal insanity(medicine)
Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity (NGRI)(law)

Molucca (iou) and insanity defense (medicine)


Molucca (iou)



Molucca noun. L17.
[Molucca Islands, or Moluccas, a group of islands in SE Asia, now part of Indonesia.]
Used attrib. to designate things found in or associated with the Molucca Islands.
Molucca balm a cultivated labiate plant, Moluccella laevis, native to the eastern Mediterranean region. Molucca bean the nicker-nut. Molucca crab the horseshoe crab.
Moluccan adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to the Molucca Islands, their inhabitants, or any of the Austronesian Languages spoken by them; (b) noun a native or inhabitant of the Molucca Islands: M18.
Moluccian noun = Moluccan noun: only in E17.

insanity defense (medicine)


insanity defense


A legal concept that a person cannot be convicted of a crime if he lacked criminal responsibility by reason of insanity, which term is defined as a matter of law.