non compos mentis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin non (“not”) + compos (“in control, having mastery”) + mentis (“of mind”).

Adjective[edit]

non compos mentis (not comparable)

  1. (law, but also seeing wider use) Insane; not of sound mind; not in control of oneself.

See also[edit]

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