Compos Mentis
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Non Compos Mentis." COMPOS SUI (Lat.) Having power of one's self; having the use of one's limbs, or the power of bodily motion. Si fuit ita compos sui quod itinerare potuit de loco in locum, if he had so far the use of his limbs as to be able to travel from place to place. Bracton, fol. 14b.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Sound of mind. Having use and control of one’s mental faculties,
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. Sound in miud.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[plur. compotes mentis.] Lat. In possession of one's mind, or mental faculties; of sound mind. 4 Bl. Com. 25. 2 Kent's Com. 451.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
of sound mind. These words are seldom used, they are the opposite to the words non compos mentis, (q- V-)