Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

doli capax

adj. [Latin "capable of wrong"] Roman law. Capable of committing a crime or tort; esp., old enough to determine right from wrong. - Also termed capax doli. Cf. DOLI INCAPAX."In criminal cases, an infant of the age of fourteen years may be capitally punished for any capital offence: but under the age of seven he cannot. The period between seven and fourteen is subject to much incertainty: for the infant shall, generally speak