Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Durham
One of the three remaining county palatines in England; the others being Chester and Lancaster. ( Its jurisdiction was vested in the Bishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 7 Will. 4, ch. 19 vested it as a separate franchise and royalty in the Crown. The jurisdiction of the Durham Court of Pleas was transferred to the Supreme Court of Judicature by the Judicature Act of 1873, but Durham continued to maintain a Chancery Court according to the Palatine Court of Durham Act of 1889. See COUNTY PALATINE.
Durham rule
Criminal lain. A test for the insanity defense, holding that a defendant is not criminally responsible for an act that was the product of mental disease or defect (Durham u. United States, 214 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1954)). 0 Formerly used in New Hampshire and the District of Columbia, the Durham rule has been criticized as being too broad and is no longer accepted in any American jurisdiction. - Also termed product test. See INSANITY DEFENSE.