Lunacy

Lunacy is that condition or habit in which the mind is directed by the will, but is wholly or partially misguided or erroneously governed by it; or it is the impairment of any one or more of the faculties of the mind, accompanied with or inducing a ‘defect in the comparing faculty. 1 Bland, o8b. “Lunacy” means either (1) the condition or status of a lunatic, (q. v.,) or (2) Judicial proceedings taken before the proper court or officer for the purpose of making inquiry into the ataie of mind of persons alleged to be lunatics, of taking charge of them and their property if they are found to ba acy includes both the forms of mental alicnaown, respectively, as “mania” and “demen- 10 N. J. Eq. 186.