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appreciation test<\/span>:<\/span>
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1.<\/strong> Criminal law<\/em>. A test for the insanity defense requiring proof by clear and convincing evidence that at the time of the crime, the defendant suffered from a severe mental disease or defect preventing him or her from appreciating the wrongfulness of the conduct.\u00a0 *\u00a0 This test, along with the accompanying plea of not guilty by reason of insanity<\/a>, was established by the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984. 18 USCA \u00a7 17.<\/strong> \u2014 aka Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 test<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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