English Explanatory Dictionary

Durham rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rule in a criminal case by which a jury may determine a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity because a criminal act was the product of a mental disease.

Word forms

Durham rule Durham rules

Etymology

After the case of Durham v. United States (1954).

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