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Application by whom to be made.—Application for such inquisition may be made by any relative of the alleged lunatic, or by the Advocate-General. Comment Proof of insanity.—The question of insanity requires a most careful examination and it is difficult to think that bare assertion by witnesses unsupported by any details of the 17 cause, the course and the treatment of the malady ought to be accepted as satisfactory proof.