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‖ doli capax, adj. phr. Law.|ˌdɒlɪ ˈkæpæks|
[f. L. doli, gen. sing. of dolus (see dole n.3) + capax capable.]
Capable of having the evil intention necessary for the commission of a crime. So doli incapax, incapable of having such an intention: usu. applied to a person under the age of fourteen.
a1676Hale Hist. Placit. Cor. I. 22 He might or might not be guilty according to the circumstances of the fact that might induce the court and jury to judge him doli capax, vel incapax. Ibid. 26 An infant under the age of fourteen years and above the age of twelve years is not primâ facie presumed to be doli capax, and therefore regularly for a capital offense..he is not to be convicted or have judgment as a felon. 1797T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-Dict. II (s.v. infant), Also, under fourteen, though an Infant shall be primâ facie adjudged to be doli incapax; yet if it appear to the court and jury that he was doli capax, and could discern between good and evil, he may be convicted. 1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 3/1 After fourteen an infant is doli capax. 1961Times 22 Feb. 11/3 Their condemnation of the doli incapax rule (no liability without established knowledge of wrongfulness)..has not been answered. |