an archaic Latin or legal Latin plural form referring to multiple instances or aspects of dementia.
From Latin 'dementia' with Latin genitive or plural ending '-is.' Appears in medieval legal documents and medical treatises in Neo-Latin.
This form shows up in old legal documents where courts determined if someone had 'dementis' (dementia) and thus couldn't manage their own affairs — a word that had legal weight.
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