Mental deficiency definition

Mental deficiency means mental deficiency as defined by appropriate clinical authorities to such extent that a person so afflicted is incapable of managing himself and his affairs, but shall not include mental illness as defined herein.
Mental deficiency means mental deficiency as defined by appropriate clinical authorities to such extent that a person so afflicted is incapable of managing the person and the person’s affairs, but shall not include mental illness as defined herein.
Mental deficiency means mental deficiency as

Examples of Mental deficiency in a sentence

  • Mental deficiency" means mental deficiency as defined by appropriate clinical authorities to such extent that a person is incapable of managing that person's affairs, but may not include mental illness.


More Definitions of Mental deficiency

Mental deficiency means mental deficiency as defined by appropriate clinical authorities to such extent that persons so afflicted are incapable of managing themselves and their affairs, but shall not include mental illness as defined herein.
Mental deficiency means the definite Diagnosis of an intellectual deficiency, as demonstrated by an intelligence quotient (IQ) on standardized testing of less than 70.
Mental deficiency means mental deficiency as defined by ap- propriate clinical authorities to such extent that a person so afflicted is
Mental deficiency means mental deficiency as defined by appropriate clinical authorities to such extent that a person is incapable of managing that person's affairs, but may not include mental illness. [ 2009, c. 299, Pt. A, §7 (AMD) .]
Mental deficiency or "mentally deficient" means that
Mental deficiency or "mentally deficient" means that state of intellectual disability in which the reduction of social competence is so marked that persistent social dependency requiring guardianship of the person shall have been demonstrated or be anticipated.