dum non fuit compos mentis

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dum non fuit compos mentis - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  DUM NON FUIT COMPOS MENTIS, Eng. law. The name of a writ, which the heirs of 
  a person who was non compos mentis, and who aliened his lands, might have 
  sued out, to restore him to his rights. T. L.