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M'Naghten Rules (Wikipedia)

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A Wikipedia article on the M'Naghten Rules, the 1843 acquittal of Daniel M'Naghten, and the House of Lords' test for the insanity defense. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27Naghten_rules
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
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M'Naghten Rules (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)

This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 held Differently. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Doctrines, 16 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 1 held Differently, 5 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.

Well-attested

11

Scholarly debate

1

Holds

2

Held Differently

1

General References

5
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