Paranoia

A norm of insanity, the principal characteristic of which is that the sufferer possesses insane delusions. 227 111. 192. PARAPH ERNA (Lat.)

In civil law. Goods brought by wife to husband over and above her dower (dos). Vocat; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 23, § 6; Mackeld. Civ. Law, § 529.

A form of insanity which comes under the class of degenerative diseases. The main fundamental characteristic of this disease is a delusion which has become a part of the belief of the individual, and which he believes himself able to explain and defend. 3 Witth. & Beck. Med. Jur. 288. It is sometimes characterized as logical perversion, and is said to have “misplaced the antiquated term monomania, which not only implied that the delusion was restricted to one subject, but was otherwise insufficient and misleading;” 2 Clevenger, Med..Tur. S60. The memory, emotions, judgment, and conceptions are in most cases unimpaired, though each of these mental divisions may he involved; id. It is characterized by systematized delusions, the term taking the place of “monomania” or “partial insanity”; Taylor v. Mc Clintock, 87 Ark. 243, 112 8. W. 405. The intellect is rarely much involved. In all other relations the individual may he able to carry on his business in life. There is little doubt but that they are thoroughly responsible for their own actions. But if the act be the result of their delusion it is not so much a question of their ability to control their actions, as that they do not attempt to do so. 3 Witth. & Beck. 280. A belief in witches is not such an insane delusion as to excuse one from the consequences of his act in killing one he believed to he a witch responsible for deaths among his people and his tribe; Hotema v. U. S., 186 U. S. 413, 22 Sup. Ct. 895, 46 L. Ed. 1225. Where a charge presents the general rule applicable to the defence of insanity, it is not necessary to use the term “paranoia,” or PARAPH ERNA (Lat.). In Civil Law. Goods brought by wife to husband over and above her dower (dos). Voc. Jur. ITtr.; FI eta, lib. 5, c. 23, § 6; Mack. C. L. § 520. Tn mediaeval times the “res parapherna" were all the goods other than the “dos.” These the husband did not own and of them the wife could make her will. 3 Holds w. Ilist. E. L. 42G.