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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

A person's requisite ability to appreciate the nature of their actions as well as the impact that their actions will have on others. … [Read more...] about MENTAL CAPACITY

Men who used in former days to ply about courts of law, so called from their manner of making known their occupation, (i.e., by a straw in one of their shoes,) recognized by the name of "straw shoes." An advocate or lawyer who wanted a convenient witness knew by these signs where to meet with one, and the colloquy between the parties was brief. "Don't you remember?" said the … [Read more...] about MEN OF STRAW

See competence, the ability of a person to be rational, to express themselves and fitness to be able to give testimony in court or to be a party to a contract. It may include the person's ability to appreciate the consequences of one's actions. … [Read more...] about MENTAL COMPETENCE