compos mentis

• Expresión latina usada en inglés para referirse a una persona que está en su sano juicio, es competente mentalmente y capaz de entender sus actos o tomar decisiones racionales.

A Latin phrase used in English to describe someone who is mentally sound, sane, and capable of understanding their actions or making rational decisions.

1. Sane or of sound mindC2formal

   Having full control of one's mental faculties; mentally competent.

   En pleno uso de sus facultades mentales

   • The lawyer argued that the client was not compos mentis when signing the contract.
   • To make a valid will, a person must be compos mentis.
   • Despite his age, he remains fully compos mentis.