Furiosus
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from furere, to rage.] A madman or lunatic; one violently insane. Furiosus nullum negotium gerere potest, quia non intelligit quod agit. A madman can transact no business, because he does not understand what he does.
Inst. 3. 20. 8.
Tales [furiosi] non multum distant a brutis quae ratione carent. Such are not far removed from brutes, who have no reason. Bract. fol.
420 b. 4 Co. 126.
Furiosus solo furore punitur
A madman is punished by his madness alone; that is, he is not answerable or punishable for his actions.
Co. Litt. 247 b. 4 Bl. Com. 24, 396. Broom's Max. 9.