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Meaning of Unsound Mind
The phrase is a legal and not a medical one. Its origin is traced to Lord Eldon. Francke v His Wife, 29 La. Ann. 302. It exists where there is essential deprivation of reasoning faculties, betraying total lack of understanding of idiocy or delusion. See In Re Bearden, (Mo.App.) 86 S. W.2d 585. Also see Sound Mind.
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