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irresistible impulse test

irresistible impulse test definition - legal

n

A form of insanity defense in which the defendant must establish that he or she was incapable of resisting the urge to commit the crime.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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