Definitions for irresistible impulse
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1. compulsion, irresistible impulsenoun

   an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid

   "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"

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1. Irresistible impulse

   In criminal law, irresistible impulse is a defense by excuse, in this case some sort of insanity, in which the defendant argues that they should not be held criminally liable for their actions that broke the law, because they could not control those actions, even if they knew them to be wrong. It was added to the M'Naghten rule as a basis for acquittal in the mid 20th century.In 1994, Lorena Bobbitt was found not guilty when her defense argued that an irresistible impulse led her to cut off her husband's penis. The Penal Code of the U.S. state of California states (2002), "The defense of diminished capacity is hereby abolished ... there shall be no defense of ... diminished responsibility or irresistible impulse..."The "policeman at the elbow" test is a test used by some courts to determine whether the defendant was insane when they committed a crime. It is a variant of the M'Naghten Rules that addresses the situation in which the defendant knew that what they were going to do was wrong, but had no ability to restrain themself from doing it. The test asks whether they would have done what they did even if a police officer were standing at their elbow, hence its name.

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1. irresistible impulse

   Irresistible impulse is a psychological or emotional compulsion or urge that is so overpowering that it overcomes rational thought, self-control, and sometimes even a person's awareness of the potential consequences, leading them to engage in an act that they may not normally do. This term is often used in legal contexts to refer to a defendant's inability to control their actions at the time of a criminal offense due to a mental disorder.

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1. Irresistible impulse

   In criminal law, irresistible impulse is a defense by excuse, in this case some sort of insanity, in which the defendant argues that they should not be held criminally liable for their actions that broke the law, because they could not control those actions. In 1994, Lorena Bobbitt was found not guilty when her defense argued that an irresistible impulse led her to cut off her husband's penis. The Penal Code of the U.S. state of California states, "The defense of diminished capacity is hereby abolished ... there shall be no defense of ... diminished responsibility or irresistible impulse..." The policeman at the elbow test is a test used by some courts to determine whether the defendant was insane when he committed a crime. It is a variant of the M'Naghten Rules that addresses the situation in which the defendant knew that what he was going to do was wrong, but had no ability to restrain himself from doing it. The test asks whether he would have done what he did even if a policeman was standing at his elbow, hence its name.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of irresistible impulse in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of irresistible impulse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irresistible_Impulse
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