Definition of non compos mentis

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non com·pos men·tis

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ADJECTIVE:

Not of sound mind and hence not legally responsible; mentally incompetent.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin nn compos mentis : nn, not + compos, in control + mentis, genitive sing. of mns, mind

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