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What does compos mentis mean?

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Adjective
  1. (law) Of sound mind, sane; thus criminally responsible for one's eventual wrongdoing.
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The duke is in such state of intoxication most of the time that he is virtually non compos mentis.
Special Achievement Award: Barry Norman, for staying compos mentis throughout.
Sarojini took particular pains to empress it upon me that Chavigny is non compos mentis.
Even though anyone still living who saw them play is probably not adequately compos mentis to remember the occasion.
We can only imagine what a good death might be when we are still compos mentis.
Two independent Dutch experts, a psychologist and a probation officer, have examined Sibel and declared her to be not fully compos mentis.

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