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compos mentis definition - legal

adj

Latin

Master of oneÂ’s mind. In sound mind; mentally competent. Sometimes shortened to compos. See also non compos mentis.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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