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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
6 1.
Mental derangement accompanied with excitement.
2.
Madness, irresistible impulse, insanity. ' Mandare, q. v. " See Mc Kelsey v. Lewis, 3 Abb. N. Cas. 63 (1877).
3 N. Y. Code Civ. Proc. § 8343, subd. 2; People ex rel. Munsell v. Oyer & Terminer, 36 Hun, 381 (1885). 1 French v. Edwards, 13 WaU. 511 (1871), Field, J. See also 20 How. 290; 3 Mc Crary, 333, 349; 13 F. E. 512, 608, cases. 0 Stery, Bailm. % 137. See also 8 Ga. 178; 5 La. An. 207, 672; 10 Minn. 421; 42 Miss. 543; 35 Mo. 492; 58 N.
Dipsomania
A madness for drink.
Kleptomania
An uncontrollable impulse to steal.
Mania a potu
A frenzy for drinking.
Monom^ania.
Insanity upon one subject only
See further Insanity.