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We conclude, as did another court which grappled with the problem, that “the difficulties inherent in interracial adoption” justify the consideration of “race as a relevant factor in adoption, …” Compos v.
Law In The Health and Human Services Donald T. Dickson 1995
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Case by Guardian to non Compos for Labour done by non Compos.
John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966
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Edwards, appealed from the Decree of the Judge of Probate, 1st. because said Saml. at the Execution of said Writing [illegible] and long after was not, nor for a long time before had been of a sound and disposing Mind and Memory, but was non Compos.
John Adams diary 9, includes notes and draft essay, 1 - 11 February 1763, [June - July 1763] 1961
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Cassini states that the ovaria on the circumference and centre of Compos. flowers differ in essential characters, and so do the seeds in sculpture.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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Tobo. conv [ien] t & weighty for me before I pass any more Deeds, If they do not think the Land they get worth ths. they may let it alone, I'm undr. no Obl [igatio] n that I know of to Grant lands upon Easier Termes, Money is my due by good right, the Compos [itio] n. & fees in the rest of the country are paid in money
Letter from Robert Carter to Captain Thomas Hooper, August 24, 1723 1723
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Captain may be _Compos Mentis_, he talks of a saucy Trumpet, and a Drum that carries Messages; then who is this _Charte Blanche_?
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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Non Compos Mentis: "[C] ontraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government."
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Kentucky Senator Jim "Non-Compos Mentis" Bunning's seat would be an easy pickup for the dems in 2010.
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Compos duros, a soleá por bulerías, Isaac de los Reyes's stamping seemed to erupt into flamboyant, almost decorative arm gestures.
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Compos, Herrera and Sena admitted taking long lunches, but they denied that they intentionally falsified their daily activity logs.
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