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Sound mind, the words sound mind does not mean that the testator should have mental faculties in their fullest vigour, but he should have capacity to understand the nature of his property and a judgment of his own in making the dispositions, Rayali Kameshwar v. Bendopudi, AIR 1962 AP 178 (184). (Succession Act, 1925, s. 59)...
sound
sound 1 a : free from injury or disease : exhibiting normal health b : free from flaw, defect, or decay [a design] 2 a : free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension [based on judicial reasoning] b : legally valid [a title] 3 : showing good judgment or sense sound·ly adv sound·ness n of sound mind : having the mental capacity to make a will esp. as demonstrated by the ability to understand the nature of one's property, identify the natural objects of one's bounty, and understand the nature of the dispositions being made in the will vi : to be based or founded : have a specified basis for an action used with in [those remedies for rent which ed in contract "O. W. Holmes, Jr."] [ing in tort] ...
Dum non fuit compos mentis
Dum non fuit compos mentis (while he was not of sound mind), an abolished writ that lay, when a man not of sound mind had aliened any lands or tenements, to recover them from the alienee, Fitz. N.B. 499...
unsound
unsound : not sound: as a : not healthy or whole b : not mentally normal : not wholly sane [of mind] c : not firmly made, placed, or fixed d : not valid or true [an argument] un·sound·ly adv un·sound·ness n ...
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....
non compos mentis
non compos mentis [Latin, literally, not having mastery of one's mind] : not of sound mind : lacking mental ability to understand the nature, consequences, and effect of a situation or transaction ...
Compos mentis
Sane in mind being of sound mind memory and understanding...
Sane memory
Sane memory, perfect and sound mind and memory to do any lawful act, etc....
Compos mentis
Compos mentis (of sound mind)....
VerbarNon compos
Not of sound mind not having the regular use of reason hence also as a noun an idiot a lunatic one devoid of reason either by nature or from accident...
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