Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of sound mind; sane.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of sound mind. See
non compos mentis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Law) Sane in mind; being of sound mind, memory, and understanding.
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- adjective law Of
sound mind ,sane .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin : compos, having mastery of + mentis, genitive of mēns, mind.]
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Latin
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bilby commented on the word compos mentis
Often found in the negative, non compos mentis, not in control of mental faculties.
April 3, 2009