doli incapax

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin doli incapax (“incapable of wrongdoing”)

Noun

doli incapax (uncountable)

  1. (law) The principle that a child cannot be held legally responsible for their actions, and so cannot be convicted of a criminal offence.
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