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Revision 14 . . December 13, 2001 3:05 am by Chenyu
Revision 13 . . December 13, 2001 2:31 am by Chenyu
Revision 12 . . December 13, 2001 2:05 am by Chenyu
Revision 11 . . December 13, 2001 2:00 am by Chenyu
Revision 10 . . December 13, 2001 1:05 am by The Anome [gah!]
Revision 9 . . (edit) December 13, 2001 1:05 am by The Anome [fixed typo]
Revision 8 . . December 13, 2001 1:04 am by The Anome [added tech use of term as secondary meaning]
Revision 7 . . December 13, 2001 12:57 am by The Anome [had a go at a negative definition...]
Revision 6 . . (edit) December 13, 2001 12:52 am by The Anome [doh.]
Revision 5 . . December 13, 2001 12:52 am by The Anome [*copyedit, linked 'rationality' as an encyclopedia subject]
Revision 4 . . (edit) December 12, 2001 9:25 pm by (logged).253.64.xxx
Revision 3 . . (edit) December 12, 2001 8:37 pm by (logged).253.39.xxx [copyedit]
Revision 2 . . (edit) June 7, 2001 11:44 am by KoyaanisQatsi
  

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Sanity is a legal term denoting that an individual is of sound mind and therefore can bear legal responsibility for his or her actions and is generally defined in terms of the absence of insanity. It is not a medical term, although the opinions of medical experts are often important in making a legal decision as to whether someone is sane or insane.
Sanity is a legal term denoting that an individual is of sound mind and therefore can bear legal responsibility for his or her actions. It is generally defined in terms of the absence of insanity. It is not a medical term, although the opinions of medical experts are often important in making a legal decision as to whether someone is sane or insane. It is also
also not the same concept as mental illness. One can be acting under profound mental illness
and yet be sane, and one can also be ruled insane without an underlying mental illness.

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