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Compos mentis

Compos mentis \Com"pos men"tis\ a. [L.] (Law) Sane in mind; being of sound mind, memory, and understanding.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
compos mentis

Latin, literally "in command of one's mind;" from compos "having the mastery of," from com- "with" (see com-) + stem of potis "powerful, master" (see potent); + mentis, genitive of mens "mind" (see mind (n.)).

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compos mentis

a. (context legal English) Of sound mind, sane.

WordNet
compos mentis

adj. of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to got to trial [syn: compos mentis(p), of sound mind(p)]

Usage examples of "compos mentis".

You'll find I'm not nearly so susceptible to coercion when I'm compos mentis.

How can you do or say anything calling for an apology when you are legally non compos mentis?

Possibly because of my healing discourse, possibly because we'd pulled up at the Astor House, she suddenly snapped her head erect, white as a sheet but compos mentis, and began to behave normally, but mute.

For the moment, he was compos mentis, with no more holes in his memory than the average one-hundred-and-ninety-four-year-old, but the integrity of his personality had grown perilously brittle.