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Idiotish

Like an idiot foolish

Daft

Stupid foolish idiotic also delirious insane as he has gone daft

Fatuous persons

Fatuous persons, idiots. Includes express reference to 'breach of statutory duty' and to 'liability in tort', Standard Chartered Bank v. Pakistan

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De praerogative regis

taking the profits without waste or destruction, and shall find them necessaries; and after the death of such idiots, he shall render the estate to the heirs. This was in order to prevent such idiots from aliening

Women's modesty

the accused with a corrupt mind stealthily touches the flesh of a sleeping woman. She may be an idiot, she may be under the spell of anaesthesia, she may be sleeping, she may be unable to appreciate

Visitor

and duties to inspect persons, treatment documents and places in connection with persons of unsound mind. See also IDIOT and PERSON OF UNSOUND MIND. As to prisons, see 40 & 41 Vict. c. 21; asylums, see (English)

Purus idiota

Purus idiota (a congenital idiot). See 2 Steph. Com.

Non compos mentis

Non compos mentis, said of a person who is not of sound memory and understanding. See IDIOT, MENTAL DEFECTIVE, and PERSON OF UN-SOUND MIND.

Murder

committing the offence must be conscious of doing wrong, and able to discern between good and evil. See IDIOT; LUNATIC; DRUNKENNESS AND MACNAUGHTON'S CASE. (2) Death must result within a year and a day after the cause

Mental Deficiency Act

Mental Deficiency Act. See IDIOT.

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