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substantial capacity test
A standard for judging legal insanity which requires that a person lack "the mental capacity needed to understand the wrongfulness of his act, or to conform his behavior to the requirements of the law. "
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Sociology
- Category: Criminology
- Company: Pearson Prentice Hall
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- M.Holmes
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