de lunatico inquirendo

Definition

A legal document inquiring about the sanity of an individual.

Etymology

From Latin dē lūnāticō inquīrendō.

Example Sentences

• "But, unless the fact is withheld by the reporters out of delicacy, the ladies who have lectured on Bloomerism are not mad—not, at least, in the de lunatico inquirendo sense of the term."