Idiota Inquirendo

Concept of “Idiota Inquirendo”

Traditional meaning of idiota inquirendo in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) An old writ to inquire whether a man was an idiot or not, by a jury of twelve men; if so found, the profits of his land and the custody of his person might be granted by the sovereign to any subject who had interest enough to obtain them; see 1st Book (“The Rights of Persons”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 303.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Idiota Inquirendo”, 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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