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actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence
A legal doctrine where a person intentionally creates a state (e.g., intoxication) to commit a crime and later claim lack of responsibility. Used in criminal law contexts.
原因において自由な行為の理論は、自ら招いた心神喪失状態での犯罪に適用される。
The theory of actio libera in causa applies to crimes committed in a self-induced state of insanity.
彼は飲酒してから犯行に及んだが、原因において自由な行為として責任を問われた。
He drank before committing the crime, but was held responsible under the doctrine of actio libera in causa.
A direct translation of the Latin legal term 'actio libera in causa', adopted into Japanese legal terminology.