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Judicial decision or determination. … [Read more...] about DIJUDICATION

An impaired mental conodition, also known as "diminished capacity" in criminal law. It is a defense asserted that the defendant's mental functions were impaired as a result of some reason or excuse, for example, an "irresistible impulse." It is a type of temporary insanity. This defense is the law in California and mad famous by the John Bobbit case, where his wife Lorena was … [Read more...] about DIMINISHED RESPONSIBILITY

For the meaning of the phrase "difficult and extraordinary case," as used in New York statutes and practice, see Standard Trust Co. v. New York, etc., R. Co., 178 N. Y. 407, 70 N. E. 925; Fox v. Gould. 5 How. Prac. … [Read more...] about DIFFICULT

In Spanish law. A space of time granted to a party to a suit in which to answer a demand or produce evidence of a disputed fact … [Read more...] about DILACION

A lowered mental capacity, an impairment, which may be the result of disease, an injury or intoxication. It does not rise to the level of insanity although it may reduce a criminal charge, depending upon the criminal offense and laws of the state. … [Read more...] about DIMINSHED CAPACITY