Fatuus
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
APUD JURI8C0NSULT0S nostros, accipitur pro non compos mentis; et fatuus dicitur, qui omnino desipit. Fatuous, among our jurisconsults, is understood for a man not of right mind; and he is called "fatuus" who is altogether foolish. 4 Coke, 128. FATUUS PRAESUIMITUR QUI IN PROprio nomine errat. A man is presumed to be simple who makes a mistake in his own name. Code, 6. 24. 14: 5 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 148, 161.