Medical Term:
American Law Institute rule
Pronunciation: ă-mĕr′i-kan law in′sti-tūt rūl
Definition: a test of criminal responsibility (1962): “a person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he or she lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of the conduct or to conform the conduct to the requirements of law.”
See: criminal insanity
Synonym(s): American Law Institute formulation
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