Homicidal mauia
Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A form of mania in which the morbid state of the mind manifests itself in an irresist-abie inclination or impulse to commit homicide, prompted usually by an insane delusion either as to the necessity of self-defense or the avenging of injuries, or as to the patient being the appointed instrument of a superhuman justice. Com. v. Sayre, 5 Wkly. Notes Cas. (Pa.) 425; Cam. v. Mosler, 4 Pa. 266.
Defined under Insanity in Black's Law Dictionary.