DUM NON FUIT COMPOS MENTIS

By SovConn | July 26, 2014

dum  non  fuit  compos  mentis  (d<<schwa>>m  non  fyoo-it  kom-p<<schwa>>s  men-tis),

n.[Law Latin  “while  he  was  of  unsound  mind”]  Hist. A writ allowing  heirs  to  recover  an  estate

transferred by someone of unsound mind. [Blacks Law 8th]

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