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sui juris

sui juris In this historical legal-psychiatric usage, sui juris means being legally competent to act for oneself rather than being under a guardian because of minority or formal legal disability.

In this historical legal-psychiatric usage, sui juris means being legally competent to act for oneself rather than being under a guardian because of minority or formal legal disability. In the passage, it refers to a person who is legally their own master in law even if alleged to be insane.

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Drafting source: Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine. 1892 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 7ec833f3f4ff2826cb5eba1722a767adae625ac9f49f83035a464dc975564f96. “Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine” (dictionaryofpsyc02tuke:chars-315000-327000).
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