by reason of

Idioms  

1. Because of, owing to, as in By reason of a crop failure, the price of coffee is bound to rise. This expression is considered quite formal today. [c. 1300]

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Example Sentences

An IT specialist working for MI5 on a contract who disclosed intelligence information to a "foreign power" has been found "not guilty by reason of insanity" by an Old Bailey jury.

From BBC

After deliberating for less than two and a half hours, the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty by reason of insanity" on all five charges - two under the Official Secrets Act, two under the National Security Act and one of possessing a knife.

From BBC

Only a jury can return a verdict of "not guilty by reason of insanity".

From BBC

In a November 2023 response to the complaint, he disputed that Saxon “has sustained any injury, damage, or loss by reason of any act, omission or breach by Defendant.”

From Los Angeles Times

Others have been declared not guilt by reason of insanity, while others are in conservatorship.

From Los Angeles Times