Brewer's: De Lunatico Inquirendo

(Latin). 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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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