Under the __________ Rule, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know what he was doing was wrong.

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The rule described in the question is known as the M'Naghten Rule, named after Daniel M'Naghten, who was acquitted of murdering the secretary to the British Prime Minister in 1843 by reason of insanity. The M'Naghten Rule is still used in many common law jurisdictions today.

Under the __________ Rule, It Must Be Clearly Proved That