[ noun ] normal or sound powers of mind <noun.state>
Sanity \San"i*ty\, n. [L. sanitas, from sanus sound, healthy. See {Sane}.] The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.
Caplan said there was a "two-year window" between enactment of one law regarding sanity determination and a state Supreme Court ruling that the law had incorrectly stated legislative intent.
But, he said, "I drew upon some last gleam of sanity," and the next day checked himself into a hospital for treatment.
I'd also want someone who was useful, someone who could do all the jobs on the island.' One item to preserve sanity is allowed. 'A Sonic the Hedgehog game.
What will this new "sanity" look like?
President Bush has questioned his sanity, and compared him to Adolf Hitler.
He noted that criminal law calls for halting prosecution when there are reasonable grounds to doubt a defendant's sanity, and for going ahead after that only when the defendant is found to have the mental capacity to do so.
The outburst prompted Judge Gary Carlson to order one of several brief recesses in the sanity phase of Weber's trial, which was to continue today.
The appeals court noted that the Supreme Court in 1985 ruled that states must pay for psychiatric experts for a defendant in a capital trial when the defendant's sanity is a significant issue.
Sometimes it was emotional, as a spouse's overwhelming feeling that ending the marriage at once was the only way to preserve sanity.
Delta Air lines officials are fuming privately about advertisements implying that American has led the industry back to scheduling sanity.
"With this amendment, what I'm trying to do is bring some fiscal sanity back into the commonwealth.
Such emotional clutter would rob most folks of their sanity; it robs Henley of his hooks.
It was among a score of resolutions deploring an "erosion of moral sanity" adopted by the annual convention of the 14.7-million-member denomination.
Like most of us, it is mainly the western-style Chinese that I eat most rather than the true Cantonese from China. One non-essential item to preserve your sanity? It would have to be a light aircraft.
Carbarga could be tried again on the criminal offenses or the sanity question; he could go to a mental hospital; or be returned to Juvenile Court and sent to the California Youth Authority.
She keeps him and he looks after her. 'I think it takes immense character, immense self confidence and sanity to go against the grain.
Aboard the destroyer the nameless American Captain has the dual task of navigating his ship on the search for a safe haven and of keeping stability and sanity among the crew.
They have sacrificed jobs and education, as well as the respect of family and friends who question their sanity.
His lawyers say the question of Bundy's sanity is not settled though the U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to consider the issue in the Lake City case.
When Louis Prudhomme began exploring for oil within the Paris city limits two years ago, some people questioned his sanity.
As the parlour disappears into the pawnbroker's Mrs Devlin's frail sanity starts to disintegrate too. At her best, Clare Boylan combines a wicked sense of humour with a talent for deadly accurate imagery.
"Only when I did the movie did my sanity start to come back," he said.
Defense attorney R.H. Wallace said at the time that Hughes had regained his sanity and would be all right, "as long as he's on medication." Police said Hughes appeared Wednesday at television station KLTV brandishing a knife.
As with her, his political sanity was often in doubt; for which we should be grateful.