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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...
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exclusively synonymous with
compos mentis (Latin:
compos,
having mastery of, and Latin:
mentis, mind), in
contrast with
non compos mentis, or insanity, meaning...
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Non compos mentis (Latin) is a
legal term
meaning "not of
sound mind".
Non compos mentis derives from the
Latin non meaning "not",
compos meaning...
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current concept of
sanity is
compos mentis ("sound of mind"), and a
euphemistic term for
insanity is
non compos mentis. In law, mens rea
means having...
- (4th ed.). Barron's
Education Series. "Actio
non datur non ****ificato". 22
September 2019. "Actus
non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea -
Analysis - Law...
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Language Act of 2012 into law on
December 28, 2012. "Of
unsound mind" or
non compos mentis are
alternatives to "lunatic", the most con****uous term used for...
- with Addy. He
pleads guilty to
killing the
lobbyist and
declares Non compos mentis,
which leads him into a
mental asylum rather than to prison. The episode...
- law,
non compos mentis became in the last
three decades of the
century the only
suicide verdict that
Norwich Coroners returned. ...
Non compos mentis had...
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multiple victims or
exceptionally severe crimes,
adult convicts in
non compos mentis can also be
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Multiple murderers aged...
- a
characteristic lack of self-awareness. He had been
diagnosed as
non compos mentis by a doctor, and in his
foggy netherworld the
phrase was a matter...
