 | William Blackstone - Law - 1793 - 686 pages
...fubjecl to {he houfe of lords, but to the king in council. Ihm- Prot. 14 Feb. 1726. 3 P. W r uu. 108. A MAN is not an idiot % if he hath any glimmering of reafon, fo that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like* common matters, But a man who is born... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 674 pages
...fubje& to the houfe of lords, but to the king in pouncil, Dam. Proc. 14 Feb. 1726, 3 P, Wm, I08. AM A MAN is not an idiot', if he hath any glimmering of reafon, fo that he can tell his parents, his age, or the like common matters. But a man who is born... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...whence we shall be naturally led to consider also the custody of lunatics. AN idiot, or natural fool, is one that hath had no understanding from his nativity...therefore is by law presumed never likely to attain any. For which reason the custody of him and of his lands was formerly vested in [303] the lord of the feeh... | |
 | Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...two months. IDIOTS AND LUNATICS. An idiot, or natural fool, is one that hjgh had no uderstand^ ing from his nativity; and therefore is by' law' presumed never likely to attain any. A lunatic, or nan Compos mentis, is one who hath had under-* standing, hut by disease, grjet, or other... | |
 | Charles Barton - Conveyancing - 1822 - 690 pages
...incapacity of the person, and is a common law disability*. An idiot, or natural fool, is one that hath no understanding from his nativity, and therefore is by law presumed never likely to attain any" : for which reason the custody of him and of his lands was formerly vested in the lord of the fee *... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...whence we shall be naturally led to consider also the custody of lunatics. AN idiot, or natural fool, is one that hath had no understanding from his nativity...therefore is by law presumed never likely to attain any. For which reason the custody of him and of his lands was formerly vested in the lord of the fee ' ;... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...whence we shall be naturally led to consider also the custody of lunatics. AN idiot, or natural fool, is one that hath had no understanding from his nativity...therefore is by law presumed never likely to attain any. For which reason the custody of him and of his lands was formerly vested in the lord of the fee ' ;... | |
 | 1828 - 1010 pages
...urgent reasons, to deprive a man of his liberty and power over his property. Blackstone states, that a man is not an idiot if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age, and the like common matters. The Chancellor^Kent decided that the failure of memory is not sufficient... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Contracts - 1834 - 850 pages
...neither is liable (d). 2. OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS OF NON-SANE MIND (e). An idiot, or natural fool, is one that hath had no understanding from his nativity...is, by law, presumed never likely to attain any. A person is not an idiot if he hath any glimmering of reason, so that he can tell his parents, his age,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 694 pages
...whence we shall be naturally led to consider also the custody of lunatics. An idiot, or natural fool, is one that hath had no understanding from his nativity;...therefore is by law presumed never likely to attain any. For which reason the custody of *him and of his lands was formerly vested in the lord of the fee (/*);... | |
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An idiot, or natural fool, is one that hath had no understanding from his nativity ; and therefore is by law presumed never likely to attain any. 
