Wild beast test
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The wild beast is a legal concept devised by Henry de Bracton regarding legal insanity.
- ...eo quod sensu carent et ratione, non magis quam brutum animal iniuriam facere possunt nec feloniam, cum non multum distent a brutis, secundum quod videri poterit in minore, qui si alium interficeret in minori ætate, iudicium non sustineret.
- ...since they are without sense and reason and can no more commit a tort or a felony than a brute animal, since they are not far removed from brutes, as is evident in the case of a minor, for if he should kill another while under age he would not suffer judgment.
The British trial Rex v. Arnold (1724) made reference to Bracton's concept.
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