non compos mentis

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

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  1. Latin nōn compos mentis : nōn, not + compos, in control + mentis, genitive sing. of mēns, mind.

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  1. Latin: non, not; compos, having power (from com-, together, + -potis, powerful); mentis, of the mind, genitive of men (t-) s, mind: see mind.
 

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/ˈnɑn kɑmˈpɑs mɛntɪs/
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