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NON-SANE

As “sane,” when applied to the mind, means whole, sound, in a healthful state, “non-sane” must mean not whole, not sound, not in a healthful state; that is, broken, Impaired, shattered, Infirm, weak, diseased, unable, either from nature or accident, to perform the rational functions common to man upon the objects presented to it. Den v. Vancleve, 5 N. J. Law, 589, 661. Non-sane memory. Unsound memory; unsound mind. In re Beaumont, 1 Whart. (Pa.) 52, 29 Am. Dec. 33; In re Forman’s Will, 54 Barb.

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