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Stupidity

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In medical jurisprudence. That state of the mind which cannot perceive and embrace the data presented to it by the senses, and therefore the stupid_ person can, in general, form no correct judgment. It is a want of the perceptive powers. Ray, Med. Jur. c, 3, § 40, See "Imbecility." STUPRUM (Lat.)

In Roman law. The criminal sexual intercourse which took place between a man and a single woman, maid, or widow, who before lived honestly. Inst. 4. 18. 4; Dig. 48. 5. 6; Id. 50. 16. 101; 1 Bouv. Inst. Theolo. ps. 3, quaest. 2, art. 2, p. 252,