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Non com·pos men·tis

/ˌnän ˌkämpəs ˈmen(t)əs/

adjective
- 1. not sane or in one's right mind.
Word Origin Latin, literally ‘not having control of one's mind’.
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Latin legal phrase meaning "of unsound mind"
Non compos mentis is a Latin legal phrase that translates to "of unsound mind": nōn ("not") prefaces compos mentis, meaning "having control of one's mind." This phrase was first used in thirteenth-century English law to describe people afflicted by madness, the loss of memory or ability to reason. Wikipedia
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