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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...
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...
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....
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...
Compos mentis
Compos mentis (of sound mind)....
Sane memory
Sane memory, perfect and sound mind and memory to do any lawful act, etc....
Person of unsound mind
Person of unsound mind, a term by which in a more enlightened age persons afflicted with a mental illness affecting their reason are to be known, as distinguished from Idiots, Imbeciles, Feeble-minded Persons and Moral Defectives under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1927 (17 & 18Geo. 5, c. 33) (see those titles, and LUNATICS).The statute law affecting persons of unsound mind in contained in the (English) Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts, 1890 to 1930, of which the principal are the (English) Lunacy Acts, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5), 1891 (54 & 55 Vict., c. 56), and as regards Boards of Control, the Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913 to 1927 and the Mental Treatment Rules, 1930 (S.R. & O., 1930 No. 1083). A classification of patients has been made as follows: (a) Voluntary (see the (English) Act of 1930, s. 1; (b) Temporary (ibid., s. 5 (1); (c) Certified [(English) Lunacy Act, 1890, s. 4]; (d) Found to be of unsound mind upon inquisition (see that title), and a further classification is into a pri...
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