Plea of Insanity
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time
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Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- insanity plea
- plural
- Plea of Insanities
- possessive
- Plea of Insanity's
- pluralpossessive
- Plea of Insanities'