Legal Definition and Related Resources of Non compos mentis
Meaning of Non compos mentis
(Lat. not of sound mind, memory, or understanding). A generic term, including all the species of madness, whether it arise from idiocy, sickness, lunacy, or drunkenness. Co. Litt. 247; 4 Coke, 124; 1 Phil. 100; 4 Comyn, Dig. 613; 5 Comyn, Dig. 186; Shelf. Lun. 1. See Idiocy; Insanity.
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Synonyms of Non Compos Mentis
adjective
- abnormal
- bereft of reason
- crazed
- crazy
- declared insane
- defective
- demented
- deprived of one’s wits
- deranged
- dimwitted
- diseased in mind
- dullwitted
- feebleminded
- idiotic
- insane
- insanely deluded
- lunatic
- mad
- maniacal
- mental
- mentally deficient
- mentally diseased
- mentally ill
- mentally sick
- mentallv unsound
- mindless
- moronic
- of unsound mind
- out of one’s mind
- out of one’s senses
- out of one’s wits
- psychologically abnormal
- psychopathic
- psychotic
- raving
- simpleminded
- unsettled in one’s mind
- unstable
- utterly senseless
- Associated Concepts: insanity
- lack of capacity
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