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    PLEA OF INSANITY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    insanity plea; plea of insanity

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    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)

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