Pleasure in United Kingdom

Definition of During Her Or His Majesty’S Pleasure

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of During Her Or His Majesty’S Pleasure : A phrase colloquially used to describe the period of detention imposed upon a defendant found not guilty by reason of *insanity. Such a person was consequently known as a pleasure patient. The defendant must still be admitted to a hospital specified by the Home Secretary (either a local psychiatric hospital or a *special hospital) and remain there until otherwise directed, but the phrase “during Her Majesty’s pleasure” is no longer used in the statute.