Demens
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. One who is deprived of his mental lost his mind; one who does not think of what
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
One whose mental faculties are enfeebled; one who has lost his mind; distinguishable from @mens, one totally insane. 4 Coke, 128.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. One who has lost his mind; amens: a person wholly Dementenant en avant,/r. From this time forward.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from de, priv. and mens, mind.] One who is deprived of his mental faculties, or who has lost his mind, (mente captus.) One who does not think of what he does or says; (qui non cogitat quid agit aut loquitur.) 4 Co. 128; Beverly's case. Distinguished by Lord Coke from amens, who is a person wholly insane (qui prorsus insanit). Id. ibid. Calvin also distinguishes demens from a madman or lunatic. Calv. Lex. Jurid.