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IMBECILITY [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

Unsoundness of mind, lunacy, idiocy, imbecility. Inability to transact the ordinary affairs of life, to understand their nature and effect, and exercise the will in relation to them.

OBS

A person who has been adjudged to be mentally incompetent has no legal capacity and can only act through his guardian or Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
DEF

Inhabilité (à témoigner) fondée sur l'incapacité mentale.

OBS

inhabilité d'ordre mental : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Genetics
DEF

The state of being an imbecile.

OBS

imbecile: A retarded person mentally equal to a child between three and eight years old.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Génétique
CONT

Ensuite, sur les sept cas, quatre présentent un diagnostic de trouble global de l'intelligence comme «imbécillité», idiot(i)e» ou «faible(sse) d'esprit», les trois autres sont classés comme «psychose maniaco-dépressive», «schizophrénie», et «démence précoce greffée sur un terrain de débilité mentale».

OBS

On écrirait mieux «imbécilité».

OBS

imbécilité : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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