Mesmerism
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
An earlier name for hypnosis or hypnotism the art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system in which the actor claims to control the actions and communicate directly with the mind of the recipient It is believed to be a state between sleep and wakefulness in which a person is more susceptible to suggestion than when awake See Animal magnetism under Magnetism
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