PLEA OF INSANITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plea of insanity mean? 

• PLEA OF INSANITY (noun)
  The noun PLEA OF INSANITY has 1 sense:

1. (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

  Familiarity information: PLEA OF INSANITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLEA OF INSANITY (noun)

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Meaning:

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

insanity plea; plea of insanity

Hypernyms ("plea of insanity" is a kind of...):

plea ((law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer))

Domain category:

criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)