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English
Etymology
From Latin compos (“in control, having mastery”) + mentis (“of mind”).
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compos mentis (not comparable)
- (law) Of sound mind, sane; thus fully accountable (legally and/or morally) for one's deeds.
1810, , chapter XXVIII, in Splendid Follies. A Novel, . Founded on Facts., volume III, London: J F Hughes, , →OCLC, pages 112–113:‘[…] you have my hearty consent, sir, to marry the girl whensumdever it’s convenient.’ Dame Mayrose finished her speech with a low courtesy, and Tom Sponge sat like a petrified image. ‘For God’s sake, Mrs. Mayrose, are you compos mentis?’ said he. ‘Please your honour, I don’t understand no foreign languages,’ said the good woman, ‘but my darter tells me you want to make proposhalls.’
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- The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003