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Durham rule
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English
Etymology
After the case of Durham v. United States (1954) Durham v. United States (1954).
Noun
en legal 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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