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41diminished responsibility — N UNCOUNT In law, diminished responsibility is a defence which states that someone is not mentally well enough to be totally responsible for their crime. Borland was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished… …
42diminished seventh chord — noun (in music) a diminished triad with an added diminished seventh …
43diminished capacity doctrine — This doctrine recognizes that although an accused was not suffering from a mental disease or defect when the offense was committed sufficient to exonerate him from all criminal responsibility, his mental capacity may have been diminished by… …
44diminished capacity doctrine — This doctrine recognizes that although an accused was not suffering from a mental disease or defect when the offense was committed sufficient to exonerate him from all criminal responsibility, his mental capacity may have been diminished by… …
45diminished triad — noun or diminished chord : a triad consisting of a minor third and diminished fifth see triad illustration …
46diminished radix complement — noun The number which, added to the given n digit number in radix r, results in . In binary (), this is the ones complement; in decimal (), this is the nines complement. The diminished radix complement of is . See Also: complement, radix… …
47diminished fifth — noun A type of tritone in musical composition comprising of six semitones. It spans five diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fifth but narrower by a semitone. The number of diatonic degrees it spans is what distinguishes it from an augmented… …
48diminished responsibility — a suggestion of temporary insanity A defence seized on by lawyers when the accused has no other: P , 23, of Newcastle upon Tyne, denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibilty. (Daily… …
49diminished image — sumažintasis vaizdas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. diminished image; reduced image vok. verkleinertes Bild, n rus. уменьшенное изображение, n pranc. image diminuée, f …
50diminished responsibility doctrine — /daminasht rasponsabilatiy doktran/ Term used to refer to lack of capacity to achieve state of mind requisite for commission of crime. McGuire v. Superior Court for Los Angeles County, 274 Cal.App. 583, 79 Cal.Rptr. 155, 161. The concept of… …
