Tindal's Rule in criminal law

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Statements (12)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:crime
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Sir_Nicholas_Tindal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tindal's Rule in criminal law
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:M'Naghten_Rules
insanity defense in common law jurisdictions
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:R_v._M'Naghten_(1843)
gptkbp:relatedTo insanity defense
gptkbp:state A person is not criminally responsible if, at the time of the act, he was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Nicholas_Tindal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7