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Doli Capax is a Latin term that means, capable of committing a crime or tort.

Doli capax refers to the mental capacity of a person that helps him/her from
distinguishing right from wrong. It is also known as capax doli.

Generally, children above 10 years old are considered as doli capax and they are
treated as adults where they can differentiate between right and wrong. However,
they will be tried in special courts like juvenile courts for any crime committed
by
them.

The following is an example of a case law defining doli capax:

The term "doli capax" means capable of committing a crime or tort or a person
old enough to determine right from wrong. As enunciated by the early English
common law, in criminal cases, an infant of the age of 14 years may be capitally
punished for any capital offence but under the age of 7 he cannot. The period
between 7 and 14 is subject to much uncertainty. For the infant shall, generally
speaking, be judged prima facie innocent; yet if s/he was doli capax,and could
discern between good and evil at the time of the offence committed, s/he may be
convicted and undergo judgment and execution of death, though s/he has not
attained to years of puberty or discretion. [Commonwealth v. Ogden O., 448
Mass. 798, 803 (Mass. 2007)]

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