McNaghten rulesn.

Brit.

/məkˈnɔːtn ruːlz/, U.S.

/məkˈnɔtn ˌrulz/,

/məkˈnɑtn ˌrulz/

Forms: 1800s– McNaghten rules, 1900s– MacNaughten rules, 1900s– MacNaughton rules, 1900s– Macnaughton rules, 1900s– McNaughten rules, 1900s– McNaughton rules, 1900s– MʽNaghten rules.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name MʽNaghten , rule n.¹

Etymology: < the name of Daniel MʽNaghten (c1815–65), a Glaswegian turner who was tried for murder in 1843 and acquitted on a plea of insanity + the plural of rule n.¹The term applied to the answers given in the House of Lords in 1843 after the trial of Daniel MʽNaghten for the murder of Sir Robert Peel's secretary, Edward Drummond, when five questions were put respecting crimes alleged to have been committed by persons suffering from insanity.

Criminal Law.

With plural agreement. A set of criteria for judging the criminal responsibility of an accused person who is insane or suspected of being insane. Also (occasionally) in singular form.According to the rules, the defendant must show that he or she was at the time of the alleged crime suffering from a defect of reason arising out of ‘a disease of the mind’, and, as a result of this defect, was unaware of the ‘nature and quality’ of his or her acts.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > rule or direction governing > specific

McNaghten rules1892

1843 Times 14 Mar. 4/3 The Lord Chancellor..proceeded to caution their Lordships against supposing that, even if the verdict in MʽNaughten's case should appear to have been given upon faulty or inconclusive evidence, it would be necessary to alter the law upon the subject.]

1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. I. 318/1 Juries are never, at the present day, charged strictly in conformity with the McNaghten rules.

1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water xii. 271 So long as the McNaughton rules run, I don't think he's got a chance of Broadmoor.

1968 N. Walker Crime & Insanity in Eng. vi. 105 It is difficult to find a clear statement of the medical objections to the MʽNaghten Rules at this date.

1973 Times 24 May 12/7 What emerges clearly from the Canadian trial is the immense benefit to both doctors and lawyers in this country from the subsidence of the McNaghten rules and the introduction of the plea of diminished responsibility.

1991 Univ. Maryland Graduate School Catal. 1991–3 173/3 Topics include..the MacNaughton rule, the concept of ‘personal responsibility’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mcnaghten rules
释义	McNaghten rulesn. Brit. /məkˈnɔːtn ruːlz/, U.S. /məkˈnɔtn ˌrulz/, /məkˈnɑtn ˌrulz/ Forms: 1800s– McNaghten rules, 1900s– MacNaughten rules, 1900s– MacNaughton rules, 1900s– Macnaughton rules, 1900s– McNaughten rules, 1900s– McNaughton rules, 1900s– MʽNaghten rules. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name MʽNaghten , rule n.¹ Etymology: < the name of Daniel MʽNaghten (c1815–65), a Glaswegian turner who was tried for murder in 1843 and acquitted on a plea of insanity + the plural of rule n.¹The term applied to the answers given in the House of Lords in 1843 after the trial of Daniel MʽNaghten for the murder of Sir Robert Peel's secretary, Edward Drummond, when five questions were put respecting crimes alleged to have been committed by persons suffering from insanity. Criminal Law. With plural agreement. A set of criteria for judging the criminal responsibility of an accused person who is insane or suspected of being insane. Also (occasionally) in singular form.According to the rules, the defendant must show that he or she was at the time of the alleged crime suffering from a defect of reason arising out of ‘a disease of the mind’, and, as a result of this defect, was unaware of the ‘nature and quality’ of his or her acts. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > rule or direction governing > specific McNaghten rules1892 1843 Times 14 Mar. 4/3 The Lord Chancellor..proceeded to caution their Lordships against supposing that, even if the verdict in MʽNaughten's case should appear to have been given upon faulty or inconclusive evidence, it would be necessary to alter the law upon the subject.] 1892 D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. I. 318/1 Juries are never, at the present day, charged strictly in conformity with the McNaghten rules. 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water xii. 271 So long as the McNaughton rules run, I don't think he's got a chance of Broadmoor. 1968 N. Walker Crime & Insanity in Eng. vi. 105 It is difficult to find a clear statement of the medical objections to the MʽNaghten Rules at this date. 1973 Times 24 May 12/7 What emerges clearly from the Canadian trial is the immense benefit to both doctors and lawyers in this country from the subsidence of the McNaghten rules and the introduction of the plea of diminished responsibility. 1991 Univ. Maryland Graduate School Catal. 1991–3 173/3 Topics include..the MacNaughton rule, the concept of ‘personal responsibility’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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