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'''Sanity''' (san′ə tē, from [[Latin]]: sānitās) refers to the soundness, [[rationality]] and reasonableness of the [[human]] [[mind]]. A [[person]] is sane (sān) if they are [[rational]]. In modern [[society]], the terms have become exclusively synonymous with compos mentis (Latin: compos, having mastery of, and mentis, mind), in contrast with non compos mentis, or insane.

'''Sanity''' (san′ə tē, from [[Latin]]: sānitās) refers to the soundness, [[rationality]] and reasonableness of the [[human]] [[mind]]. A [[person]] is sane (sān) if they are [[rational]]. In modern [[society]], the terms have become exclusively synonymous with compos mentis (Latin: compos, having mastery of, and mentis, mind), in contrast with non compos mentis, or insane.

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==Legal status==

==Legal status==

In criminal and mental [[health]] [[law]], sanity is a legal term denoting that an [[individual]] is of sound mind and therefore can bear legal [[responsibility]] for his or her [[actions]]. The official legal term is compos mentis. It is generally defined in terms of the absence of insanity (non compos mentis). It is not a medical term, although the opinions of medical experts are often important in making a legal [[decision]] as to whether someone is sane or insane. It is also not the same [[concept]] as mental illness. One can be acting under [[profound]] mental illness and yet be sane, and one can also be ruled insane without an underlying mental illness.

In criminal and mental [[health]] [[law]], sanity is a legal term denoting that an [[individual]] is of sound mind and therefore can bear legal [[responsibility]] for his or her [[actions]]. The official legal term is compos mentis. It is generally defined in terms of the absence of insanity (non compos mentis). It is not a medical term, although the opinions of medical experts are often important in making a legal [[decision]] as to whether someone is sane or insane. It is also not the same [[concept]] as mental illness. One can be acting under [[profound]] mental illness and yet be sane, and one can also be ruled insane without an underlying mental illness.