mental defect

Such people may get physical or mental defects which require treatment.

Evidence goes to show that there is present a mental defect of the specific feeling.

"It gives us and the court an option to deal with people who may have mental defects."

The assertion of a mental defect is not a defense in that sense.

He has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental defect.

It will be more than six months before any sign of mental defect is detectable, she said.

One of the largest describes physical and mental defects.

The Navy also turns down anyone with physical or mental defects, or a history of drug use.

Her only mental defect was the gap in her memories.

These wishes must be fulfilled to protect the fetus from physical or mental defects.

"Your problem isn't a chemical imbalance, it's a mental defect.

They've got some mental defect that makes them stupider and more indifferent with every generation.

He now spoke in an unnaturally slow manner, as if speaking to someone with a mental defect.

Those children with presumptive mental defects were eventually killed, often by lethal injection.

Rather, they said that he was suffering from a mental defect at the time brought on by Prozac and other drugs prescribed to him.

Did a mental defect impair his capacity to tell right from wrong?)

One wonders how many of one's own mental defects result from lack of the appropriate experience at the proper time!

No diseases, disabilities, or mental defects were noted.

Logically, developing children are carefully screened for physical and mental defects before being allowed to mature."

His stepmother's mental defects prevented him from leaving Mortlake Park.

Abortion also is allowed if the child would be born with physical or mental defects incompatible with sustained survival.

Most of them had had mental defects.

Except for his small size and lung problems he has since overcome, he has no apparent physical or mental defects.

A trace physical defect might be tolerated, such as an extra set of limbs, but not a significant mental defect.

The language barred "aliens afflicted with psychopathic personality, epilepsy or mental defect."