compos mentis
Example Sentences
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Talking among ourselves, we debated trying to force the issue by calling an ambulance if he fell, knowing that, for as long as he remained compos mentis, he had the right to refuse medical intervention.
From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2019
Each of these stories was, in some measure, autobiographical, and each a reassurance that, despite my worrying, I was still compos mentis.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 29, 2019
Don compos mentis: Of very stable genius mind.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2018
A North East hospital consultant describes how perfectly compos mentis patients often could not name John Major.
From BBC • May 15, 2017
If anyone proposes another match race between these two super horses,” wrote a reporter after the race, “henceforth, he will be tried in the morning for treason, mutiny, mopery and non compos mentis.'''’
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
