mind and memory

mind and memory
A term of art much used by the legal profession. At common law, "mind" and "memory" are convertible terms on the reasoning that without memory there can be no mind, and the person would be the mere recipient of a succession of present sensations, like the lowest type of animal life. Re Forman's Will (NY) 54 Barb 274, 286. See sound mind and memory.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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