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{{Short description|Latin legal phrase meaning "of unsound mind"}} {{Italic title}} '''''Non compos mentis''''' is a [[List of legal Latin terms|Latin legal phrase]] that translates to "of unsound mind": ''nΕn'' ("not") prefaces ''compos mentis'', meaning "having control of one's mind." This phrase was used in [[English law]] as early as the seventeenth century to describe people afflicted by [[mental disorder|madness]], the loss of memory or ability to reason.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/127854|title=Non Compos Mentis|website=Oxford English Dictionary|access-date=2016-11-15}}</ref>
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