Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Somnolentia

1 The state of drowsiness. 2. A condition of incomplete sleep resembling drunkenness, during which part of the faculties are abnormally excited while the others are dormant; the combined condition of sleeping and wakefulness producing a temporary state of involuntary intoxication. 0 To the extent that it destroys moral agency, somnolentia may be a defense to a crime.