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De Lunatico Inquirendo (Latin)

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A writ issued to inquire into the state of a person’s mind, whether it is sound or not. If not of sound mind, the person is called non compos, and is committed to proper guardians.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Days set apart as Sabbaths
Daysman
Dayspring
Daystar (The)
De Bonne Grâce (French)
De Die in Diem
De Facto
De Haut en Bas
De Jure (Latin)
De Lunatico Inquirendo (Latin)
De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum
De Nihilo Nihil Fit (Latin)
De Novo (Latin)
De Profundis [Out of the depths]
De Rigueur
De Trop (French)
Dead
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Dead
Dead Drunk