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non compos mentis — Adjective: Mentally incompetent. Having a mental condition approximating total and positive incompetency; destitute of memory and understanding. Van Deusen v Sweet, 51 NY 378. Noun: A person of unsound mind. Beaumont s Case (Pa) 1 Whart 52 … Ballentine's law dictionary
compos mentis — com·pos men·tis / käm pəs men təs, kȯm pȯs men tis/ adj [Latin, literally, having possession of one s mind]: competent Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
dum non fuit compos mentis — /dam non fyuwat kompas mentas/ In old English law, the name of a writ which the heirs of a person who was non compos mentis, and who aliened his lands, might have sued out to restore him to his rights. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. IV, c. 27 … Black's law dictionary
dum non fuit compos mentis — /dam non fyuwat kompas mentas/ In old English law, the name of a writ which the heirs of a person who was non compos mentis, and who aliened his lands, might have sued out to restore him to his rights. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. IV, c. 27 … Black's law dictionary
insane person — A person afflicted with insanity. The term is a generic one and includes idiots, lunatics, persons who are non compos mentis, and persons who are deranged. Hiett v Shull, 36 W Va 563, 565. See insanity … Ballentine's law dictionary
List of Latin phrases (N) — This page lists direct English translations of Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of… … Wikipedia
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List of legal Latin terms — A number of Latin terms are used in legal terminology and legal maxims. This is a partial list of these legal Latin terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn from Latin. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V … Wikipedia
insane — insane, mad, crazy, crazed, demented, deranged, lunatic, maniac, non compos mentis are comparable in their general or nontechnical senses (for senses of corresponding nouns used technically see INSANITY) and as meaning afflicted by or manifesting … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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