☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Lunatic

At common law, a person who has intervals of sanity interspersed with periods of insanity, as distinguished from an idiot who is permanently without understanding. During lucid intervals, a lunatic's legal acts were considered valid.

Etymology: Latin 'lunaticus' (moon-struck), from 'luna' (moon) · Category: General Legal Terms · Source: Blackstone, 'Commentaries' (1769); Lunacy Act 1890
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