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non compos mentis definition

non· com·pos men·tis (nän käm′pōs men′tis)

Law not of sound mind; mentally incapable of handling one's own affairs
often non compos

Etymology: L

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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