Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Senility

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Old age; a state of mental impairment resulting from old age. See 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 232,

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The mental condition of an aged person.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The state of being old. When on account of senility the party is unable to manage his affairs, a committee will be appointed as in case of lunacy; 1 Collier, Lun. 66; In re Barker, 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 232; Darling v. Bennet, 8 Mass. 129;

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Incapacity to contract arising from the impairment of the intellectual facuities by old age.