New Hampshire rule

New Hamp·shire rule

pioneering U.S. test of criminal responsibility (1871): "if the [criminal] act was the offspring of insanity, a criminal intent did not produce it."

New Hamp·shire rule

(nū-hamp'shĭr rūl) Pioneering U.S. test of criminal responsibility (1871): "if the [criminal] act was the offspring of insanity, a criminal intent did not produce it."