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Lat. From memory; by or from recollection. Thus, memortter proof of a written instrument is such as is furnished by the recollection of a witness who had seen and known it. … [Read more...] about MEMORITER

Relating to or existing in the mind; intellectual, emotional, or psychic, as distinguished from bodily or physical. Mental alienation. A phrase sometimes used to describe insanity, (g. v.)Mental anguish. When connected with a physical injury, this term includes both the resultant mental sensation of pain and also the accompanying feelings of distress, fright, and anxiety. See … [Read more...] about MENTAL

Committing anything to memory. Used to describe the act of one who listens to a public representation of a play or drama, and then, from his recollection of its scenes, incidents, or language, reproduces it, substantially or in part, in derogation of the rights of the author. See 5 Term B, 245; 14 Amer. Law Beg. (N. S.) 207. … [Read more...] about MEMORIZATION

In personal injury cases, mental pain and suffering damages such as fright, distress, anxiety, grief and general mental torment which qualifies for an award of monetary compensation. … [Read more...] about MENTAL ANGUISH

Mental capacity; the mental power to review and recognize the successive states of consciousness in their consecutive order. This word, as used in jurisprudence to denote one of the psychological elements necessary in the making of a valid will or contract or the commission of a crime, implies the mental power to conduct a consecutive train of thought, or an orderly planning of … [Read more...] about MEMORY