The status of non compos mentis applied to those who were not mad from birth, but became so later in life through no … See more

Non compos mentis and felo de se (the Latin word for "self-murder") presented two different verdicts in the case of a suicide. In the finding of a jury, the deceased who was stigmatized felo de se would be excluded from burial … See more

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