The term “unsound mind,” when used in any statute in reference to persons, shall include persons with an intellectual disability, persons with mental illness, and persons non compos mentis.
Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-57
Unsound mind
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 588 So. 2d 204 - Sartain v. White (1991)
Most recently applied in 809 So. 2d 647 - USF&G CO. v. Conservatorship of Melson (March 2002)
Codes, 1892, § 1518; 1906, § 1599; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1366; 1930, § 1390; 1942, § 698; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved …
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