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What (who) is non compos mentis - definition
Non compos mentis
LATIN LEGAL PHRASE MEANING "OF UNSOUND MIND"
Non compis mentis; Suicide during temporary insanity; Non campus mentis
Non compos mentis is a Latin legal phrase that translates to "of unsound mind": nōn ("not") prefaces compos mentis, meaning "having control of one's mind." This phrase was first used in thirteenth-century English law to describe people afflicted by madness, the loss of memory or ability to reason.
Non compos mentis
LATIN LEGAL PHRASE MEANING "OF UNSOUND MIND"
Non compis mentis; Suicide during temporary insanity; Non campus mentis
·- Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or from accident.
non compos mentis
LATIN LEGAL PHRASE MEANING "OF UNSOUND MIND"
Non compis mentis; Suicide during temporary insanity; Non campus mentis
[?n?n ?k?mp?s'm?nt?s]
¦ adjective not in one's right mind.
Origin
L., lit. 'not having control of one's mind'.
Examples of use of non compos mentis
1. "Charlie is losing it, I guess." A few hours later, Cheney repeated the non compos mentis allegation with conservative commentator Sean Hannity: "He‘s losing it, I guess.