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Durham rule

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Etymology

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After the case of Durham v. United States (1954).

Noun

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Durham rule (plural Durham rules)

  1. (law) A rule in a criminal case by which a jury may determine a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity because a criminal act was the product of a mental disease.
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