Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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de idiota inquirendo

[Latin "of inquiring concerning an idiot"] Hist. A writ directing the sheriff to open an inquiry before a jury of 12 into whether a person is an idiot, that is, mentally incapable of managing personal affairs.

idiota

[Latin] Civil law. 1. An unlearned, simple person. 2. A private person; one not in public office.

idiota inquirendo

See DE IDIOTA INQUIRENDO.

purus idiota

[Latin] An absolute or congenital idiot. See IDIOT.