Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Lucid

adj. 1. Understandable. 2. Rational. 3. Sane.

Lunaticus, qui gaudet in lucidis intervallis

A person is (still) a lunatic who enjoys lucid intervals.

Multiplex et indistinctum parit confusionem; et quaestiones quo simpliciores, eo lucidiores

Multiplicity and indistinctness produce confusion: the simpler questions are, the more lucid they are.

lucid interval

1 A brief period during which an insane person regains sanity sufficient to regain the legal capacity to contract and act on his or her own behalf. 2. A period during which a person has enough mental capacity to understand the concept of marriage and the duties and obligations it imposes.