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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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But the life changes, the youngness time passes and the body begins to support on other properties that are inside of its compos mentis.
Such a scenario might have compelled someone more compos mentis to turn around.
Even though anyone still living who saw them play is probably not adequately compos mentis to remember the occasion.
Two independent Dutch experts, a psychologist and a probation officer, have examined Sibel and declared her to be not fully compos mentis.
Sarojini took particular pains to empress it upon me that Chavigny is non compos mentis.
In light of charges of High Treason, Louis Riel's Defence Counsel pleaded non compos mentis, not guilty by reason of insanity.

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