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Unsound Mind

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A person of unsound mind is an adult who from infirmity of mind is incapable of managing himself or his affairs. The term, therefore, includes insane persons, idiots, and imbeciles.

Sweet See Insanity

And see Cheney v. Price, 90 Hun, 238, 37 N. Y. Supp. 117; In re Black's Esitate, 1 Myr. Prob. (Cal.) 24; In re Mason, 3 Edw. Ch. (N. Y.) 380; Hart v. Miller, 29 Ind. App. 222, 64 N. E. 239; In re Lindsley, 44 N. J. Eq. 564, 15 Atl. 1, 6 Am. St. Rep. 913; Dennett v. Dennett, 44 N. H. 531, 84 Am. Dec. 07; Edwards v. Davenport (C. C.) 20 Fed. 758; Witte v. Gllbert, 10 Neb. 539, 7 N. W. 288; Stewart v. Lispenard, 26 Wend. (N. Y.) 300.