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Kidnapping from lawful guardianship
of age if a male, or under eighteen years of age if a female, or any person of unsound mind, out of the keeping of the lawful guardian of such minor or person of unsound mind, without the … person of unsound mind, out of the keeping of the lawful guardian of such minor or person of unsound mind, without the consent of such guardian, is said to kidnap such minor or person from lawful guardianship. (Indian
De lunatico inquirendo, writ
in places beyond the jurisdiction of the Court. For the practice, consult Mills and Poyser's Lunacy Practice. See UNSOUND MIND.
Idiot
Idiot. An idiot is a person born without a mind. For Coke's classification of persons of unsound mind, see Co. Litt. 247 a. Idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, and moral defectives constitute the four kinds of persons
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Master in lunacy
in lunacy, an officer of the Lord Chancellor who executes commissions and conduct inquires connected with persons of unsound mind and their estates, and carries out such other duties as are prescribed by the rules in lunacy and
Trust
Any person may be appointed a trustee except an infant [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 19], person of unsound mind or convicted of felony, or bankrupt or a corporation which has been dissolved (see Trustee Act, 1925, s.
Title, Covenants for
trustee, mortgagee, etc., expressed to convey as trustee, mortgagee, personal representative, committee or receiver of a person of unsound mind or under an order of Court, etc. For covenants implied upon a conveyance for value made after 1925
Rescue
& 24 Geo. 5, c. 12); rescues from prisons abroad, see 22 Vict. c. 25; of persons of unsound mind, see Lunacy Act, 1890. The act or an instance of saving or freeing someone from danger or captivity,
Power of Attorney
reason that the person who gave the power of attorney was dead, or had become a person of unsound mind or bankrupt, or had revoked the power before such payment or act, if the death, etc., was not
Pension
being detained in prison without the option of a fine; or maintained as a rate aided patient of unsound mind; or criminal lunatic; or in a mental hospital. But see (English) Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions
Next friend
as next friend or guardian ad litem, see A.P., 1937, notes to Order XVI., r. 16. Persons of unsound mind sue by their committee or next friend, and defend by their committees or guardians appointed for that purpose.
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