The Essential Inquiry Involved When M'Naughten Rule Is Applied Is

question 14

Multiple Choice

The essential inquiry involved when M'Naughten Rule is applied is:

• A)Was the act the result or the product of a mental defect
• B)Was the person able to distinguish between right and wrong at the time of the offense
• C)Was the act the result of an "irresistible impulse"
• D)Was the act the result of an addiction

---

Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The elevation in overall cost triggered by assembling an extra unit of a product or service.

Overallocated

The condition of having allocated or committed more resources to a project, task, or item than is available or necessary.

Least-Cost

A method or strategy that involves choosing the option that minimizes the total costs of achieving a particular objective.

Pure Competition

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, free entry and exit, and a product that is considered perfectly homogeneous, leading to firms being price takers.