Compos Mentis

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Meaning of Compos mentis

See “Non Compos Mentis.”

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Concept of “Compos Mentis”

Traditional meaning of compos mentis in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Sound in mind.

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  1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Compos Mentis”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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