non compos mentis

non com·pos men·tis  (nn kmps mnts)

adj.

Not of sound mind and hence not legally responsible; mentally incompetent.

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[Latin nn compos mentis : nn, not + compos, in control + mentis, genitive sing. of mns, mind.]

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non compos mentis Latin [ˈnɒn ˈkɒmpəs ˈmɛntɪs]

adj

mentally incapable of managing one's own affairs; of unsound mind

[Latin: not in control of one's mind]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

non compos mentis - not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial of unsound mind insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

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non compos mentis (Latin)

adjective insane, mentally ill, unbalanced, of unsound mind, crazy, deranged, unhinged, a sausage short of a fry-up (slang) No person under guardianship, non compos mentis or insane shall be qualified to vote in any election.
rational, all there (informal), sane, lucid, compos mentis (Latin), in your right mind, mentally sound

Translations

non compos mentis [ˈnɒnˈkɒmpəsˈmentɪs] ADJ (Jur) (hum) → desposeído de sus facultades mentales

non compos mentis

adj → nicht zurechnungsfähig, unzurechnungsfähig; to be non compos mentis (inf) → nicht ganz da sein (inf)