Medical Definition of MENTAL CAPABILITY

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sufficient understanding and memory to understand in a general way the

circumstance

in which one finds oneself and the nature, function, and repercussion of any act or deal into which one proposes to get in 2: the degree of understanding and memory the law needs to support the validity of or to charge

one with obligation for a particular act or transaction psychological capacity to dedicate crime needs that the accused know right from wrong