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Definition of Irresistible impulse
1. Noun. 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"
Medical Definition of Irresistible impulse
1. A compulsion to act such that one feels or claims it cannot be resisted. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irresistible Impulse
Literary usage of Irresistible impulse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"Insane irresistible impulse. (a) View That It is no Defense. ... And see State v.
Lewis, 20 Nev. 333, 22 Pac. 241. irresistible impulse ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Justice Clifford pointedly rejected the " irresistible impulse " test, aller a
review of the cases. He said that it bad been suggested that the rule in the ..."
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"What is this irresistible Impulse? How shall we of the courts and juries know It
... For other cases In which irresistible impulse is regarded as a defence, ..."
4. The General Principles of the Law of Evidence: In Their Application to the by Frank Sumner Rice (1894)
"Theory of irresistible impulse Examined. —" irresistible impulse," to constitute
a defense, must be that of a person otherwise insane, we proceed to ..."
5. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"tion that irresistible impulse is a good defense. This confusion has arisen from
the fact that some judges use the term in contradistinction to the "right ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"Insane irresistible impulse. (a) View That It is no Defense. ... And see State v.
Lewis, 20 Nev. 333, 22 Pac. 241. irresistible impulse ..."
7. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Justice Clifford pointedly rejected the " irresistible impulse " test, aller a
review of the cases. He said that it bad been suggested that the rule in the ..."
8. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"What is this irresistible Impulse? How shall we of the courts and juries know It
... For other cases In which irresistible impulse is regarded as a defence, ..."
9. The General Principles of the Law of Evidence: In Their Application to the by Frank Sumner Rice (1894)
"Theory of irresistible impulse Examined. —" irresistible impulse," to constitute
a defense, must be that of a person otherwise insane, we proceed to ..."
10. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"tion that irresistible impulse is a good defense. This confusion has arisen from
the fact that some judges use the term in contradistinction to the "right ..."
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