"compos mentis" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒmpɒs ˈmɛntɪs/
Etymology: From Latin compos (“in control, having mastery”) + mentis (“of mind”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|compos|t=in control, having mastery}} Latin compos (“in control, having mastery”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-|nolinkhead=1}} compos mentis (not comparable)
  1. (law) Of sound mind, sane; thus fully accountable (legally and/or morally) for one's deeds. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law Translations (of sound mind): عاقِل (ʕāqil) (Arabic), toerekenbaar (Dutch), toerekeningsvatbaar (Dutch), syyntakeinen (Finnish), täydessä ymmärryksessä (Finnish), zurechnungsfähig (German), schuldfähig (German), compos mentis (German), poczytalny (Polish), tillräknelig (Swedish)
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          "text": "‘[…] you have my hearty consent, sir, to marry the girl whensumdever it’s convenient.’ Dame Mayrose finished her speech with a low courtesy, and Tom Sponge sat like a petrified image. ‘For God’s sake, Mrs. Mayrose, are you compos mentis?’ said he. ‘Please your honour, I don’t understand no foreign languages,’ said the good woman, ‘but my darter tells me you want to make proposhalls.’",
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          "sense": "of sound mind",
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          "sense": "of sound mind",
          "word": "syyntakeinen"
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          "sense": "of sound mind",
          "word": "täydessä ymmärryksessä"
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          "sense": "of sound mind",
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      "sense": "of sound mind",
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      "sense": "of sound mind",
      "word": "toerekenbaar"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of sound mind",
      "word": "toerekeningsvatbaar"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of sound mind",
      "word": "syyntakeinen"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of sound mind",
      "word": "täydessä ymmärryksessä"
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      "sense": "of sound mind",
      "word": "zurechnungsfähig"
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      "sense": "of sound mind",
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