Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Fatuus, apud jurisconsultos nostros, accipitur pro non compos mentis; et fatuus dicitur, qui omnino desipit

"Fatuous," among our jurisconsults, is applied to a man not of sound mind; one is also called "fatuous" who is altogether foolish.

compos mentis

adj. [Latin "master of one's mind"] Of sound mind; having use and control over one's own mental faculties. Cf. NON COMPOS MENTIS.

dum non fuit compos mentis

n. [Law Latin "while he was of unsound mind"] Hist. A writ allowing heirs to recover an estate transferred by someone of unsound mind.

non compos mentis

adj. [Latin "not master of one's mind"] 1. Insane. 2. Incompetent. Cf. COMPOS MENTIS.